VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. v. RAMIREZ

No. 13-01-196-CV.

79 S.W.3d 113 (2002)

VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., Appellant, v. Andrew RAMIREZ, Sr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

May 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alene R. Levy, Kent Geoffrey Rutter, Lynne Liberato, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Timothy R. Bersch, Paxon & Associates, Houston, C. Thomas Schweizer, Ian Ceresney, Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York, NY, Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, for appellant.

Roger Reed, David H. Hockema, Edinburg, David M. Gunn, Bellaire, Kevin Dubose, Houston, for appellee

BEFORE: Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices HINOJOSA and RODRIGUEZ.


OPINION

ROGELIO VALDEZ, Chief Justice.

This is a product liability case. A Volkswagen Passat driven by Haley Sperling crossed the median of U.S. Highway 83 and collided with a vehicle driven by Diana Alice Ramirez-Garza and occupied by her fourteen year old daughter, Jacquelyn Renee Guerra. Diana Alice Ramirez-Garza was killed in the collision and her daughter suffered severe injuries. Andrew Ramirez, Sr., Ester Ramirez, and Andrew Ramirez, Jr., as next...

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