Firestone Steel Products Co. v. Barajas

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT, CORNYN, SPECTOR, OWEN, and ABBOTT, Justices, join.

This is a wrongful death ease based on allegations of negligence, strict products liability, and civil conspiracy against Firestone Steel Products Company and others. The trial court granted summary judgment for Firestone. The court of appeals reversed and remanded the cause for trial. 895 S.W.2d 789. We reverse the court of appeals’ judgment and render judgment for Firestone. We hold that in the circumstances of this case, the original designer of a general product concept that is copied,…