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VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. v. RAMIREZ

No. 02-0557.

159 S.W.3d 897 (2004)

VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., Petitioner, v. Andrew RAMIREZ, Sr., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 31, 2004.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Taylor, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, Roger W. Hughes, Adams & Graham, L.L.P., Harlingen, Rafael Edward Cruz and Joseph Hughes, Warren W. Harris, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Houston, David M. Prichard, Brendan K. McBride, Prichard, Hawkins & Young, LLP, San Antonio, for amicus curiae.

C. Thomas Schweizer, Lynne Liberato, Kent Rutter, Alene Ross Levy, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Timothy R. Bersch, Houston, Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney & Saenz, L.L.P., Brownsville, Ian Ceresney, Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York, NY, for petitioner.

Michael James Garza, McAllen, Albert A. Munoz II, David H. Hockema, Hockema, Tippit & Escobedo, L.L.P., Roger Reed, Reed, Carrera & McLain, L.L.P., Edinburg, David M. Gunn, Kevin H. Dubose, Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend, LLP, Houston, Douglas Alexander, for respondent.

Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court in which Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice SMITH, Justice BRISTER, and Justice MEDINA joined.

In this case, we consider whether there was sufficient evidence to support a jury's finding that a defect in an automobile manufactured by Volkswagen of America, Inc. was the proximate cause of a fatal two-car accident. After a unanimous jury returned a defense verdict, the trial court granted a motion for new trial...

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