Legal Opinion

Woods v. Crane Carrier Co., Inc.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 9, 1985No. C-4104PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KILGARLIN, Justice.

Our opinion of July 17,1985 is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted.

In this products liability suit, Billy Woods complains that the trial judge erred in three respects in formulating the court’s charge. Based on the jury verdict, the trial court rendered judgment that Woods take nothing. In an unpublished opinion, the court of appeals affirmed that judgment. We affirm the judgments of the courts below.

Billy Woods sued Crane Carrier Company, Inc., alleging that it had defectively designed an oilwell servicing rig. Woods claimed that the defective design was a producing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Turner v. General Motors Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1979
  2. First International Bank in San Antonio v. Roper Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Southern Underwriters v. GariepyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Pitman v. Lightfoot, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1996
  2. Patlyek v. Brittain, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2004
  3. Dion v. Ford Motor Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1991
  4. Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. Smith, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1991
  5. Gilgon, Inc. v. Hart, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1995

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