Legal Opinion
in Re Ford Motor Company
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided March 6, 2009No. 03-08-00617-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-08-00617-CV
In re Ford Motor Company
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
This original proceeding arises from a lawsuit filed in Dallas by a Tennessee couple, Ken and Sherlyn Melton, seeking recovery for property damage from a fire that originated in the Meltons' Ford pickup truck while it was parked in the driveway of their Tennessee home. The Meltons alleged that the fire ignited due to defects in a cruise-control deactivation switch and/or one of the switch's components, Kapton, a Teflon-coated polymer…
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