Legal Opinion · Dissent

Alm v. Aluminum Co. of America

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 2, 1986No. C-4093Published

1DissentGonzalez, Justice

While I agree that Alcoa owed a duty under the facts of this cause, I disagree with the court’s other holdings. I dissent because the court:(1) addresses an inadequate warning theory for negligence liability which Aim neither pleaded nor submitted to the jury;(2) reverses the burden of proof on an issue regarding the adequacy of the warning;(3) usurps the court of appeals’ jurisdiction for reviewing the factual sufficiency of the evidence; and(4) addresses the court of appeals’ standard for reviewing the factual sufficiency of the evidence even though Aim did not assert such a complaint by…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Pool v. Ford Motor Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  3. Abalos v. Oil Development Co. of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  4. McKelvy v. BarberTexas Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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