Barnes v. General Motors Corp.

OPINION

ESQUIVEL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a take-nothing judgment in a products liability and negligence case.

Appellant Larry Barnes (Barnes) sued ap-pellee General Motors Corporation (General Motors) on the theories of strict liability and negligence for injuries to his back allegedly caused by his removal from inside his house of a burning refrigerator that had been manufactured by General Motors. General Motors cross-claimed against its service representative and distributor, Ap-pellee Strafco, Inc., d/b/a Straus-Frank Company (Strafco), for indemnity or contribution claiming that…