Legal Opinion
White v. CBS Corp.
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided June 30, 1999No. 03-98-00194-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN E. POWERS, Senior Justice.
Pauline White, individually and as representative of the estate of Charles Norman White, appeals from a summary judgment that she take nothing by her actions against Westinghouse Electric Corporation. We will reverse the judgment and remand the cause to the trial court.
THE CONTROVERSY
Charles Norman WTiite contracted cancer (mesothelioma). In 1992, he and his wife Pauline White sued Westinghouse and twenty-one other manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos and products requiring the use of asbestos. The Whites alleged asbestos caused the cancer and that the…
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