City Public Service Board, City of San Antonio, Acting by and Through Its City Public Service Board v. General Electric Company

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

The City of San Antonio appeals from a summary judgment granted to the defendant, General Electric Company. Finding the district court’s disposition proper under Texas law, which governs this diversity case, we affirm.

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In 1970, the City of San Antonio (“City”) put into service a turbine generator manufactured and designed by General Electric Company (“GE”). Two years later, GE allegedly became aware that certain “tie-wire pins” were too weak to sustain the turbine’s operation. Although GE periodically sent “updating technical information letters” to the City and…