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RODRIGUEZ v. RIDDELL SPORTS, INC.

No. 99-40680.

242 F.3d 567 (2001)

Raquel O. RODRIGUEZ and Jose L. Rodriguez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RIDDELL SPORTS, INC., et al., Defendants, Riddell Sports, Inc.; Riddell, Inc.; and All American Sports Corp., Doing Business as Riddell/All American, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Blackburn (argued), Paul J. Augustine, Evans, Keane LLP, Boise, ID, J. Arnold Aguilar, Brownsville, TX, Mark D. Kamitomo, The Markam Group, Inc., Spokane, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Edward C. Mainz, Jr. (argued), Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham & Brown, San Antonio, TX, Robert Laurence Guerra, Dale William Kasofsky, Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunman & Brown, McAllen, TX, Robert Barnes Summers, Llano, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JOLLY, JONES and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Defendants, Riddell Sports, Inc. ("RSI"), Riddell, Inc. ("RI"), and All American Sports Corporation, doing business as Riddell/All American. ("AA"), appeal a judgment holding them strictly liable for a design defect in a football helmet worn by plaintiff Jose Rodriguez when he allegedly suffered a blow causing brain injury, and finding them liable for the bystander emotional distress suffered by Jose's mother, Raquel Rodriguez. Concluding...

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