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CIRRUS DESIGN CORP. v. BERRA

No. 04-20-00399-CV.

633 S.W.3d 640 (2021)

CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Sydney BERRA, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lee Berra, and on behalf of his surviving parents, Philip Berra and Ellen Berra, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Delivered and Filed: August 25, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

APPELLANT ATTORNEY: Kenneth E. Broughton , Haynes and Boone, LLP, 112 E. Pecan St., Suite 1600, San Antonio, TX 78205-1540, Patrick E. Bradley , 136 Main St., Suite 350, Princeton, NJ 08540, Michael Bernick , 811 Main St., Suite 1700, Houston, TX 77002-6110, Robert Alan York , Godwin Pappas Ronquillo, L.L.P., 1401 McKinney St., Suite 2700, Houston, TX 77010.

APPELLEE ATTORNEY: Kirk L. Pittard , Kelly, Durham & Pittard LLP, Rosalind B. Bienvenu , Durham, Pittard & Spalding LLP, P.O. Box 224626, Dallas, TX 75222, William Oneil Angelley , Angelley, P.C., P.O. Box 24440, Santa Fe, NM 87502-9440, Ron Alan Sprague , Gendry & Sprague, 900 Isom Rd., Ste. 300, San Antonio, TX 78216-4155, Craig Anthony Schlapprizzi , 211 N. Broadway, Suite 2430, St. Louis, MO 63102, David Todd Parrish , Cunningham Swaim, LLP, 7557 Rambler Rd., Ste. 400, Dallas, TX 75231-2303, Thomas A. Crosley , The Crosley Law Firm, P.C., 3303 Oakwell Ct., Suite 200, San Antonio, TX 78218.

Sitting: Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice, Irene Rios, Justice, Beth Watkins, Justice.

OPINION

Appellant Cirrus Design Corporation is a Minnesota-based aircraft manufacturer. Cirrus was sued for products liability in Texas, after one of its planes was involved in a fatal crash in Bexar County, Texas. Cirrus filed a special appearance, which the trial court denied. On appeal, Cirrus argues...

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