Trapnell v. Hunter

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

This is a mandamus proceeding. Rela-tors are the husband, son, and mother of Susan Trapnell, who died on August 10, 1984 as an alleged result of ingesting foods containing sulfites at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Officer’s Club. Relators initially brought a wrongful death action in a State District Court on May 22, 1986 against the manufacturers of the sulfite and the foods containing it on a theory of products liability. They later brought a wrongful death action in the United States District Court on December 22, 1986 under the Federal Tort Claims Act…