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SAUDER CUSTOM FABRICATION, INC. v. BOYD

No. 96-1297.

967 S.W.2d 349 (1998)

SAUDER CUSTOM FABRICATION, INC., Petitioner, v. Carl R. BOYD, et ux., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earnest W. Wotring, Houston, for Petitioner.

Cris E. Quinn, Richard J. Clarkson, James Mayer Harris, Beaumont, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM.

In Caterpillar, Inc. v. Shears, 911 S.W.2d 379, 382 (Tex.1995), we held that "the law of products liability does not require a manufacturer or distributer to warn of obvious risks." The principal issue in this case is whether the obviousness of a risk is to be determined from the perspective of an average person or an average user of the product. The proper perspective is that of the average user. Because the...

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