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COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. MENDEZ

No. 04-1039.

204 S.W.3d 797 (2006)

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Oscar MENDEZ, Jr., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 16, 2006.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth G. Malinas, J. Michael Myers, Ball & Weed, P.C., W. Wendell Hall, Rosemarie Kanusky, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, James O. Darnell, Law Office of James O. Darnell, James R. Dennis, Soctt, Hulse, Marshall, Feuille, El Paso, for Petitioner.

Mary A. Keeney, John J. McKetta III, Boyce C. Cabaniss, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, Grant Kaiser, The Kaiser Law Firm, Houston, James F. Scherr, Scherr Legate Ehrlich & Kennedy PLLC, El Paso, Hugh N. Smith, Smith & Fuller, P.A., Tampa, FL, Brian Philip Falbo, Fernando Chacon, Ken Coffman, Robles Bracken Coffman & Hughes LLP, El Paso, John Robert King, M. Steven Deck, Law Office of John King, McAllen, Ronald J. Stading, Stading & Associates, Ltd., El Paso, for Respondents.

William A. Worthington, Strasburger & price, Houston, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice WILLETT delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this products liability case, we hold that plaintiffs' expert testimony was legally insufficient to establish a manufacturing defect, and accordingly reverse and render judgment in favor of petitioner Cooper Tire & Rubber Company.

I. Background

In June 1997, Oscar Mendez was driving a Mazda minivan carrying six passengers down Interstate 25 in New Mexico. The left rear tire, a steel-belted...

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