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FORD MOTOR CO. v. AGUINIGA

No. 04-97-01018-CV.

9 S.W.3d 252 (1999)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jorge AGUINIGA and Estehla Aguiniga, individually and as representatives of the Estates of Claudia Vanessa Aguiniga, deceased, Andrea Cristal Aguiniga, deceased, and Jorge Ricardo Aguiniga, deceased, and for and on behalf of all persons entitled to bring suit as a result of the wrongful death of Claudia Vanessa Aguiniga, deceased, Andrea Cristal Aguiniga, deceased, and Jorge Ricardo Aguiniga, deceased; Alfredo Plata, individually, Alejandro Plata, individually, Carlos Plata, individually, Jose Plata Flores, individually, Maria Esthela Aguiniga, as representative of the Estates of Enedina Flores Plata, deceased, and Desidiro Plata, deceased, and for and on behalf of all those entitled to bring suit as a result of the wrongful death of Enedina Flores Plata, deceased, and Desidiro Plata, deceased; Alfonso Ibarra Ponce, individually and as representative of the Estates of Dora Leticia Ponce, deceased, Rocio Ponce, deceased, Alfonso Ponce, deceased, and for and on behalf of all persons entitled to bring suit as a result of the wrongful death of Dora Leticia Ponce, deceased, Rocio Ponce, deceased, and Alfonso Ponce, deceased, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

November 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Morgan, Jessie A. Amos, Brown McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, L.L.P., Austin, for Appellant.

William R. Edwards, III, John Blaise Gsanger, Edwards Law Firm, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, William R. Edwards, Edwards, Perry & Haas, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, Frank R. Nye, Jr., Law Offices of Frank R. Nye, Jr., Rio Grande City, Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Ellen B. Mitchell, Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson, P.C., San Antonio, Wilton F. Chalker, Chalker, Bair, P.C., Houston, Tamara Tejml Cuthrell, Flower Mound, for Appellee.

Sitting: PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice, ALMA L. LOPEZ, Justice, PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.

OPINION

Opinion by: ALMA L. LOPEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding appellant, Ford Motor Company (Ford), liable on strict liability claims of product defect and negligence. The jury subsequently awarded appellees a total of $16,000,000 in actual damages. On appeal, Ford raises the following: (1) there was no evidence that there was any defect or negligence by Ford; (2) the expert opinion was not founded on any reasonable scientific...

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