Legal Opinion

Shaw v. Trinity Highway Products, LLC

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided December 20, 2010No. 05-09-00561-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice MORRIS.

In this products liability case, Vernon Shaw, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Debra Kay Shaw, Patricia Alderman, and Joyce Shaw challenge the trial court’s take-nothing summary judgment on their design defect, marketing defect, and negligence claims against Trinity Highway Products, LLC. In two issues, appellants, who we refer to collectively as the Shaws, generally assert that the trial court erred in granting Trinity’s tradition al and no-evidence motions for summary judgment because Trinity did not conclusively establish the grounds set…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  2. City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Ford Motor Co. v. RidgwayTexas Supreme Court · 2004
  4. American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  5. USX Corp. v. Salinas, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1991

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Beyer Properties, L.L.C. v. Jerry Huffman Custom Builder, L.L.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2011
  2. Cunningham v. TARSKI, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2012
  3. Carmen Aleman v. Standard Casualty Company, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2025
  4. David and Rebecca Bowen v. Texas Fair Plan Association, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2026
  5. in the Estate of William L. Moore, Jr., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2019

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