FEDERAL INS. CO. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA

No. 06-1040.

268 S.W.3d 506 (2008)

FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, Samsung Telecommunications America, L.P. f/k/a Samsung Telecommunications America, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided August 29, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Huddleston, J. Stephen Gibson, Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Kirk C. Chamberlin, Chamberlin Keaster & Brockman LLP, Encino, CA, Lan Vu, Nicholas R. Andrea, Charleston Revich & Chamberlain, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Ronald D. Stutes, Michael E. Jones, E. Glenn Thames Jr., Diane Vinson Devasto, Potter Minton, P.C., Tyler, TX, Finley Harchkham, Richard P. Lewis, John G. Nevius, Anderson, Kill & Olick, New York, NY, for Respondent.

Wadde Caven Crosnoe, Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.


Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice O'NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined.

Samsung,1 a wireless telephone manufacturer, was sued in five putative class action lawsuits (Pinney, Farina, Gilliam, Gimpelson, and Dahlgren)2 alleging that radio frequency radiation emitted by Samsung phones caused...

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