Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Co. v. Nowak
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 30, 1982No. 1834PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
UTTER, Justice.
This is a products liability case. The suit arose as a result of an auto accident in which Mrs. Ann Nowak was killed. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident; however, it was agreed that when the accident was discovered, the body of the decedent, Mrs. Ann Nowak, was found underneath her 1977 Ford automobile, which was the only vehicle involved. As a result of this *585accident, Frank Nowak, the deceased’s husband, filed suit against appellant Ford Motor Co., et al., seeking wrongful death and punitive damages.
The case was submitted to the jury on special issues from which…
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