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FORD MOTOR CO. v. LEDESMA

No. 03-03-00634-CV.

173 S.W.3d 78 (2005)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. Tiburcio LEDESMA, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled September 9, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Morgan, Philip A. Lionberger Michael W. Eady, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP, Austin, for Appellant.

Brian Roark, Law Office of Brian Roark, PC, Ken R. Oden, Austin, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice LAW, Justices B.A. SMITH and PEMBERTON.

OPINION

W. KENNETH LAW, Chief Justice.

Tiburcio Ledesma, Jr. sued Ford Motor Company for damages in connection with a collision between Ledesma's truck and two parked cars. The critical factual dispute at trial was whether the truck's axle dislodged and caused the truck to hit the parked cars, or whether the axle dislodged as a result of the collisions. Finding that a manufacturing defect was a producing cause of the accident, and that Ledesma's negligence...

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