Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Rios

OPINION

Opinion by

SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of the appellees/plaintiffs. Plaintiffs sued appellant/defendant, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”), asserting that a tire manufactured by Goodyear in 1991 contained both a manufacturing defect and a marketing defect. On appeal, Goodyear raises numerous issues, including the sufficiency of the evidence in support of the jury’s affirmative finding on plaintiffs’ manufacturing and marketing defect claims. Because these issues are dispositive, and because we conclude the evidence in support…