FORD MOTOR CO. v. GONZALEZ

No. 04-98-00826-CV.

9 S.W.3d 195 (1999)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert GONZALEZ, Jr. and Nora Navin, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled November 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaime A. Saenz, Alison Kennamer, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, L.L.P., Brownsville, Michael W. Eady, William L. Mennucci, Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, L.L.P., Austin, for Appellant.

Richard B. Stone, Stone & Stone, William R. Edwards, III, John Blaise Gsanger, Edwards Law Firm, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Appellee.

Sitting: PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice TOM RICKHOFF, Justice ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice.


OPINION

Opinion by: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice.

This is a products liability case stemming from a single car accident in Jim Wells County. Ford Motor challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence of causation supporting a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs' claims of manufacturing defect, marketing defect, negligence, and deceptive trade practices concerning a 1989 Ford Escort. We find sufficient evidence of a causal link and affirm the...

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