Legal Opinion
Dion v. Ford Motor Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided March 7, 1991No. 11-89-155-CVPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DICKENSON, Justice.
This is a products liability case involving a tractor which was manufactured in 1950 and which rolled over on its operator in 1982. The jury found that the tractor was not defectively designed or marketed, and the trial court refused to submit issues on the claim that the manufacturer had a post-sale duty to warn the tractor’s owner of its propensity to roll over. We affirm.
Cyril Ralph Dion, Jr. (Dion) and his wife, Janet Dion (Mrs. Dion), sued Ford Motor Company (Ford) attempting to recover $3,000,000.00 for damages sustained by Dion and $1,000,000.00 for Mrs.…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Benoit v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1951
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