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HYUNDAI MOTOR CO. v. VASQUEZ

No. 03-0914.

189 S.W.3d 743 (2006)

HYUNDAI MOTOR CO. and Hyundai Motor America, Inc., Petitioners, v. Victor Manuel VASQUEZ and Brenda Suarez Vasquez, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Alyssa Amber Vasquez, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Argued February 15, 2006.

Decided March 10, 2006.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan K. McBride, David M. Prichard, Kevin M. Young, Prichard Hawkins & Young, LLP, Thomas H. Crofts Jr., Crofts & Callaway, P.C., San Antonio, David E. Keltner, Jose Henry Brantley & Keltner, Fort Worth, for Petitioners.

Michael A. Caddell, Cynthia Bodendieck Chapman, James Juranek, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, Ricardo G. Cedillo, L. J. Strieber, Davis Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc.,San Antonio, Ezequiel Reyna Jr., Law Offices of Ezequiel Reyna, Jr., Weslaco, for Respondents.

Harvey G. Brown Jr., Wright Brown & Close, LLP, Houston, Vincent S. Walkowiak, O. Rey Rodriguez, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Hugh F. Young Jr., Reston, VA, Brent M. Rosenthal, Baron & Budd, P.C., Dallas, G. Alan Waldrop, Locke, Liddell & Sapp LLP, Austin, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice BLAND delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice HECHT, Justice O'NEILL, Justice BRISTER, Justice WILLETT, and Justice CAYCE joined.*

In this case, we decide whether a trial court abuses its discretion in refusing to allow a voir dire question from counsel that previews relevant evidence and inquires of prospective jurors whether such evidence is outcome determinative. We hold...

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