General Motors Corp. v. Simmons

558 S.W.2d 855 (1977)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Petitioner,

v.

Curtis Lee SIMMONS et al., Respondents.

No. B-6604.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 9, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1977.

Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Harry M. Reasoner, Eleanor Swift Glass and Alan Schulman, Houston, Gus M. Hodges, Austin, Frazier F. Hilder, Thomas W. Watkins and Diane L. Kaye, Detroit, Mich., for petitioner.

Jamail & Gano, Joseph D. Jamail Jr., S. Gus Kolius and Robert F. Stein, Baker & Botts, Finis E. Cowan and Richard Lee Josephson, Houston, for respondents.

POPE, Justice.

Curtis Lee Simmons sued…