GARZA v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 04-12-00734-CV.

423 S.W.3d 442 (2013)

Florentino GARZA d/b/a Tino's Auto Mart, Appellant v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

November 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Miller , Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams L.L.P., Corpus Christi, TX, Will W. Pierson , San Antonio, TX, for Appellant.

Jaime Arturo Saenz , Bi'ownsville, TX, Michael W. Eady , Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Chief Justice, SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice, PATRICIA 0. ALVAREZ, Justice.


OPINION

Opinion by: SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

In 2008, Luis Aguilar died when a vehicle fell from a car jack and landed on him. Aguilar's estate and survivors sued Ford Motor Company and Florentino Garza, a used car dealer doing business as Tino's Auto Mart.1 The trial court rendered a directed verdict in Garza's favor and, following a jury trial, a take-nothing verdict was rendered in favor of Ford. At the directed verdict...

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