Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,017 Linda Dedmon, Etc. v. Stewart-Warner Corp., Third-Party and v. Donald Hampton, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 6, 1992No. 90-4765PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Eric Dedmon died of carbon-monoxide asphyxiation in 1986 while sleeping in the bedroom of his mother’s home. Linda Ded-mon (Dedmon), Eric’s mother, filed this negligence and product-liability wrongful death suit in 1988 against Stewart-Warner Corporation (Stewart-Warner). Stewart-Warner was the manufacturer of the furnace installed in 1971 in the Dedmon home, and the complaint is that faulty performance of the furnace caused Eric Dedmon’s death. The district court granted summary judgment for Stewart-Warner on grounds of a Texas statute of repose. Following Texas law,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Thompson-Yaeger, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Paramount Pipe & Supply Co. v. MuhrTexas Supreme Court · 1988
- Ellerbe v. Otis Elevator Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- McCulloch v. Fox & Jacobs, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985
- Dighton v. FED. PAC. ELEC. CO. SERT, JACKSON & ASSOC.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Sonnier v. Chisholm-Ryder Co., Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1995
- Mark Barnes v. Westinghouse Electric CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Hernandez v. Brinker International, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2009
- Ball v. Harnischfeger Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- McIntyre v. Farrel Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1996
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