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SYSCO FOOD SERVICES, INC. v. TRAPNELL

No. D-3684.

890 S.W.2d 796 (1994)

SYSCO FOOD SERVICES, INC. and Sysco Corporation; Hoechst Celanese Corp. Specialty Chemical Group, F/K/A Virginia Chemicals, Inc., Globe Products Co., Inc., Lamb-Weston, Inc., Allied Corp., Univar Corp., Van Waters & Rogers, Inc., and McKesson Corp., Petitioners, v. Benjamin TRAPNELL, Individually and as Next Friend of Nicholas Trapnell, a Minor, Polly Ann Haugh, and John Hogan Interests, Inc. D/B/A First Foods Company, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled February 16, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenfield Malinas, J. Michael Myers, David Stephenson, San Antonio, V. Elizabeth Ledbetter, Corpus Christi, William J. Collins, III, Benjamin N. Roeder, Michael C. Falick, Houston, Frank E. Weathered, John A. Smith, III, Corpus Christi, Aldean E. Kainz, Austin, Joy M. Soloway, Stephen C. Dillard, Houston, Roberta J. Hegland, Clay E. Coalson, Corpus Christi, Terriann Trostle, Houston, for petitioners.

Russell Manning, Corpus Christi, Randell A. Kocurek, Houston, for respondents.

GAMMAGE, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and HIGHTOWER, DOGGETT, CORNYN and SPECTOR, Justices, join.

I.

This case is a products liability death action. The defendants, manufacturers and suppliers of foods containing sulfites, obtained a summary judgment in the trial court. The court of appeals reversed in part and affirmed in part. 850 S.W.2d 529. We affirm.

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