Legal Opinion
Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 11, 2014No. 10-0775PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DON R. WILLETT, Justice.
In Borg-Warner Corp. v. Flores,1 we addressed standards imposed by Texas law for establishing causation in asbestos-disease cases. Flores concerned a plaintiff suffering from asbestosis. In today’s case, the plaintiffs sued for damages resulting from the suffering and death of a family member, Timothy Bostic (Bostic), who succumbed to mesothelioma. We hold that the standard of substantial factor causation recognized in Flores applies to meso-thelioma cases, and write on the meaning of substantial factor causation in this context. We further hold that the plaintiffs…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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