Nobility Homes of Texas, Inc. v. Shivers

POPE, Justice.

This is a products liability case. It presents the question of whether a remote manufacturer is liable for the economic loss his product causes a consumer with whom the manufacturer is not in privity. John Shivers sued Nobility Homes of Texas, Inc., the manufacturer of a mobile home. Shivers purchased the home from Marvin Hur ley, an independent retail dealer who is now out of business and is not joined as a party to this suit. Shivers’s purchase contract was only with Hurley; Shivers was not in privity with Nobility Homes. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found that the…