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TORRINGTON CO. v. STUTZMAN

No. 09-97-059 CV.

36 S.W.3d 511 (1999)

The TORRINGTON COMPANY and Ingersoll-Rand Corporation, Appellants, v. Sharon STUTZMAN, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided February 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Townsend, Richard P. Hogan, Jr., Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Kevin H. Dubose, David W. Holman, Holman Hogan Dubose & Townsend, L.L.P., Houston, Donald O. Collins, William J. Joyce, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, William M. Tolin, III, Benckenstein & Oxford, L.L.P., Beaumont, William Powers, Jr., Austin, for appellants.

Ernest H. Cannon, Ernest Cannon & Associates, Houston, Gilbert I. Low, David J. Fisher, Greg C. Wilkins, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, L.L.P, Beaumont, W.T. Womble, JoAnn Storey, Tracy J. Willi, Womble & Waters, King Waters, Waters & Waters, Houston, David W. Ledyard, Strong, Pipkin, Nelson, Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P., Beaumont, Michael Fredette, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Justin L. Williams, Clay E. Coalson, Patrick S. Martin, Meredith, Donnell & Abernathy, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

Before WALKER, C.J., BURGESS and FARRIS, JJ.

OPINION

DAVID FARRIS, Justice (Assigned).

This is a wrongful death case brought by the survivors of Phillip D. Stutzman and James Pulaski, two Marines who were killed in a 1992 helicopter crash. The crash was caused by a failed bearing. The appellees sued several defendants, but the appellants, Ingersoll-Rand and its subsidiary The Torrington Company (collectively, Ingersoll), were held to be jointly and severally liable for the entire judgment. The judgment...

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