General Chemical Corp. v. De La Lastra
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SEERDEN, Justice.
This is a products liability case. Gonzalo and Amanda De La Lastra sued General Chemical Corporation for the wrongful deaths of their sons, Gustavo and Jose De La Lastra, who died from sulfur dioxide poisoning while using General Chemical’s product. Appellees’ cause of action was based on strict liability, negligence, and gross negligence in manufacturing, packaging, distributing and selling a product with knowledge that the product could cause serious bodily injury or death and in failing to warn of such dangers. A jury found that appellant’s warnings on the product’s…
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