TORRES v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

No. 04-94-00789-CV.

928 S.W.2d 233 (1996)

Josefina Acosta TORRES; Adeodato Torres; and Reymundo Ignacio Torres, Appellants, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled September 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rene Rodriguez, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

JoAnn Storey and Tracy J. Willi, Womble & Spain, Houston, for appellee Caterpillar Industrial, Inc.

Before RICKHOFF, STONE and HARDBERGER, JJ.


RICKHOFF, Justice.

This appeal arises from a suit involving the death of Reymundo Torres for which appellants contended appellee Caterpillar Industrial, Inc. ("Caterpillar") was responsible under a strict product liability theory. A partial motion for summary judgment was granted in favor of Caterpillar with regard to appellants' manufacturing defect and design defect claims,1 and the jury found in favor of Caterpillar with respect to...

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