GAMMILL v. JACK WILLIAMS CHEVROLET, INC.

No. 97-0237.

972 S.W.2d 713 (1998)

James R. GAMMILL and Deborah Dianne Gammill, individually, and a/n/f of Curtis Gammill, a minor, and Jaime Michelle Gammill, a minor, Petitioners, v. JACK WILLIAMS CHEVROLET, INC., and American Isuzu Motors, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Thomas McElroy, Dallas, Patrick J. Fleming, Weatherford, for Petitioners.

James S. Maxwell, Betsy K. Power, Dallas, Donald Chrestman, Weatherford, Marlene S. Thomson, Dallas, for Respondents.


HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Whether summary judgment for defendants was proper in this products liability suit, as the court of appeals held it was,1 depends on whether plaintiffs' two expert witnesses (1) were qualified to give the opinions they gave, (2) demonstrated that their opinions were relevant and reliable, and (3) were denied a reasonable inspection of the subject vehicle. The lower courts answered...

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