OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. v. JENKINS

No. 13-0961.

478 S.W.3d 640 (2016)

OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Jason JENKINS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: January 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Patton , Richard A. Smith , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox LLP, Dallas, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America

Christopher Patton , Richard A. Smith , Thomas C. Kirby , Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers

Wencong Fa , Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation Martha Landwehr, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas Chemical Council

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

Christopher Patton , Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox, LLP, Dallas, Richard A. Smith , for Amicus Curiae The American Chemistry Council

Barry N. Beck , David Wayne Lauritzen , Rick G. Strange , Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, P.C., Midland, Deborah G. Hankinson , Joseph B. Morris , William Richard Thompson II , Hankinson LLP, Dallas, for Petitioner

Charles Randall `Chad' Flores , David M. Gunn , Erin Hilary Huber , Russell S. Post , Beck Redden , LLP, Houston, Douglas W. Alexander , Wallace B. Jefferson , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP, Austin, Jason A. Itkin , Cory D. Itkin , Kurt Brynilde Arnold , Arnold & Itkin LLP, Houston, for Respondent


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