Fiengo v. General Motors Corp.
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice FRANCIS.
In this products liability case, Madison Fiengo and Martha Padilla appeal the trial court’s summary judgment in favor of General Motors Corporation. In three issues, appellants generally assert the trial court erred in granting GM’s motion for summary judgment because (1) GM is equitably estopped from asserting the statute of repose, (2) the statute of repose violates the “open courts” doctrine, and (3) GM’s motion did not attack all claims. In a fourth issue, appellants argue the trial court erred in impliedly denying its motion for summary judgment. For the…
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