Legal Opinion

Mottu v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 6, 1990No. B14-89-00722-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment in a products liability action. In four points of error, appellant complains that the trial court erred in excluding evidence pertaining to truck safety features. We affirm.

On July 17, 1982, appellant was injured when the car in which she was a passenger collided with the rear end of a flatbed truck, legally parked on the side of a road in Fort Bend County. The evidence showed that appellant, the other passengers in the car, and appellant’s husband, who was driving, were all intoxicated at the time of the accident.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Agricultural Transportation Association of Texas v. Wilbur C. KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  3. United States v. Contract Steel Carriers, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Simms v. Southwest Texas Methodist HospitalCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Garza v. ColeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Lincoln v. Clark Freight Lines, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2009
  2. Kimble Lynette Lincoln, Ind., and as Representative of the Estate of Brian Gregory, Jr. v. Clark Freight Lines, Inc., and Juan Manuel Vasquez, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2009

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