RHONE-POULENC, INC. v. STEEL

No. 98-0130.

997 S.W.2d 217 (1999)

RHÔNE-POULENC, INC., Petitioner, v. Kenda STEEL, individually and on behalf of her minor children, Garrison STEEL, Samantha Gail Steel, and a/n/f of Gregory Steel, a minor child, now deceased and on behalf of the Estate of Gregory Steel, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie R. Yeates, Houston, Robert L. LeBoeuf, Angelton, Gwen J. Samora, Houston, Bebe H. Kivitz, Michael T. Starczewski, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Richard S. London, Pete T. Patterson, John L. Barnes, Houston, for Respondents.


Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL and Justice GONZALES joined.

This summary judgment case involves an alleged latent occupational disease. The sole issue is whether the trial court's case management orders shifted the burden of proof from the movant, Rhône-Poulenc, to the nonmovants, the Steels, in a summary judgment proceeding under...

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