White Stores, Inc. v. Fielding

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

White Stores, Inc. has appealed from an order overruling its plea of privilege. Suit was filed in Harris County by Eva Jean Fielding for personal injuries resulting from an incident in which a chair, manufactured by Falcon Manufacturing Company and sold by White Stores, Inc., collapsed under her weight. White filed a plea of privilege but Falcon did not.

The chair was purchased by Fielding as part of a dining room suite from the appellant’s store in Harris County. Approximately three years after purchase, the ap-pellee sat in the chair and it came apart causing her to…