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WHIRLPOOL CORP. v. CAMACHO

No. 13-05-00361-CV.

251 S.W.3d 88 (2008)

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Margarita CAMACHO and Santos Camacho, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Joab Camacho, Deceased, and as Next Friend of Asael Camacho and Abisai Camacho, and Salvador Gonzalez, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

January 17, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alene R. Levy, Lynne Liberato, Mark Trachtenberg, Haynes & Boone, Houston, Keith N. Uhles, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Brownsville, Peter J. Rusthoven, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Douglas K. Dieterly, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, South Bend, IN, Johnny N. Garza, Jr., Houston, for the appellants.

Joe Escobedo, Jr., Luis M. Cardenas, Hockema, Tippit & Escobedo, McAllen, Robert B. Dubose, Kevin Dubose, Alexander, Dubose Jones & Townsend, Houston, Alberto A. Munoz II, Cesar Ricardo Perez, Aaron E. Vela, McAllen, and for appellees.

Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices HINOJOSA and GARZA.

OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice VALDEZ.

The underlying suit is a products liability design defect case arising out of a fire that allegedly started in a Whirlpool dryer. The fire consumed a home and killed Joab Camacho, a minor. Appellees, and plaintiffs in the court below, are Margarita, Joab's mother; Santos, Joab's father; and Joab's brothers Salvador, Asael, and Abisai.2 Appellant Whirlpool Corp. ("Whirlpool") appeals from...

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