Legal Opinion
Florentino Garza D/B/A Tino's Auto Mart v. Ford Motor Company
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided November 6, 2013No. 04-12-00734-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by: SANDEE BRYAN MARION, Justice.
In 2008, Luis Aguilar died when a vehicle fell from a car jack and landed on him. Aguilar’s estate and survivors sued Ford Motor Company and Florentino Garza, a used car dealer doing business as Tino’s Auto Mart. 1 The trial court rendered a directed verdict in Garza’s favor and, following a jury trial, a take-nothing verdict was rendered in favor of Ford. At the directed verdict hearing, Garza’s counsel announced Garza would accept an Assumption of Defense Agreement originally offered by Ford to Garza before trial commenced. After the jury…
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