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IN RE BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

No. 01-1165.

106 S.W.3d 730 (2003)

In re BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 22, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie R. Yeates, Knox D. Nunnally, Catherine B. Smith, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, Debora B. Alsup, Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Austin, C. Vernon Hartline, Jr., Scott G. Edwards, Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P., for Relator.

Robert J. Patterson, Patterson & Associates, Corpus Christi, Wendell Phillip Martens, Leon R. Russell, Law Office of Leon R. Russell, Dallas, N. Carlene Rhodes Lewis, Goforth Lewis LLP, Houston, C. Tab Turner, Turner & Associates, N. Little Rock, AR, Robert E. Ammons, Stevenson St. John & Ammons, Houston, Paula A. Wyatt, Wyatt & Wyatt, Corpus Christi, Michael L. Phifer, Law Office of Michael L. Phifer, Richard Warren Mithoff, Mithoff & Jacks, Houston, Vincent L. Marable, III, Paul Webb, P.C., Wharton, Catherine W. Smith, Law Office of Ramon Garcia, Edinburg, David G. Matthiesen, Matthiesen Chase & Erwin, Houston, Frank L. Branson, Law Office of Frank L. Branson, Dallas, for Respondent.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON and Justice SMITH joined.

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