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KIA MOTORS CORP. v. RUIZ

No. 11-0709.

432 S.W.3d 865 (2014)

KIA MOTORS CORPORATION and Kia Motors America, Inc., Petitioners, v. Lawrence RUIZ (Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Andrea Ruiz), Shenequa Ruiz, Christopher Ruiz, and Suzanna Ruiz, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 28, 2014.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cary Alan Slobin , Kurt C. Kern , Yesenia Esmeralda Cardenas-Colenso, Bowman & Brooke LLP, Melissa Anne Dorman , Hartline Dacus Barger , Richard Barrett Phillips Jr. , Scott P. Stolley , Thompson & Knight LLP, Dallas, TX, Sean Roger Fitzgibbons , Legal Department Wal-Mart Strores Div., Bentonville, AR, for Petitioners.

Eric Brian Porterfield , The Brown Law Firm, Jeffrey S. Levinger , Levinger PC, Mary Alice McLarty , The McLarty Firm PC, Phillip Lee `Lee' Brown , The Brown Law Firm, Dallas, TX, for Respondents.

Leon R. Russell , The Russell Law Firm, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Attorneys Information Exchange Group.

R. Brent Cooper , Cooper & Scully, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Cooper, R. Brent.

William A. Worthington , Strasburger & Price LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Michael W. Eady , Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Tex. Assoc'n of Defense Counsel.

George S. Christian , Texas Civil Justice League, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Peter M. Kelly , Kelly, Durham & Pittard, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Trial Lawyers Association.

Robert M. `Randy' Roach Jr. , Roach & Newton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae The Assoc'n of Global Automakers and The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

John Gus Zgourides , Sammons & Berry PC, Steven Chance Arnold , Arnold & Taylor PLLC, Houston, TX, for Other interested part Tomlin, Harvey ray.

Justice LEHRMANN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This products-liability case against a vehicle manufacturer, involving the failure of a driver's-side frontal air bag to deploy during a collision, presents several issues for review. We first consider the applicability of section 82.008 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, which establishes a rebuttable presumption that a manufacturer is not liable on a design-defect theory for a claimant's injuries if...

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