WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Petitioner,
v.
Margarita CAMACHO, et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court of Texas.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 10, 2009.
Decided December 11, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lynne Liberato, Alene Ross Levy, Mark Ryan Trachtenberg, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Juan Noe Garza Jr., Abraham Watkins Nichols Sorrels & Friend, Houston, Keith N. Uhles, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Brownsville, Douglas K. Dieterly, Peter J. Rusthoven, Barnes & Thornburg, South Bend, IN, for Petitioner.
Kevin H. DuBose, Robert B. DuBose, Alexander Dubose & Townsend LLP, Houston, Joe Escobedo Jr., John L. Tippit III, Escobedo, Tippit & Cardenas, L.L.P., Luis M. Cardenas, Albert A. `Beto' Munoz II, Law Office of Alberto A. Munoz, II, David H. Hockema, Hockema & Longoria, Mauro Fernando Ruiz, Hockema, Tippit & Escobedo, L.L.P., McAllen, Cesar Ricardo Perez, Watts Law Firm, Aaron Ian Vela, The Buzbee Law Firm, Edinburg, for Respondents.
Joseph G. Petrosinelli, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae General Electric Co.
Lauren L. Beck-Harris, Johnson Spalding Doyle West & Trent, L.L.P., Houston, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this products liability case the jury found that a design defect in an electric Whirlpool clothes dryer caused a fatal fire. We must decide whether there is legally sufficient evidence that the dryer's design was defective because it incorporated a corrugated lint transport tube as part of its air circulation system. Because we conclude that the expert testimony of...
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