Controls Solutions, Inc., United Phosphorus, Inc. and Mark Boyd v. Gharda USA, Inc. and Gharda Chemical Ltd.
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
1DissentMichael Massengale, Justice
I respectfully dissent. CSI’s case depended heavily on a series of interdependent expert opinions, none of which was sufficient on its own to support a conclusion that the cause of the fire was a spontaneous ignition of fumes occurring due to EDC contamination in chemical products marketed and sold by the Gharda entities. More importantly, even taken together, the expert opinions did not rest upon a *172reliable basis sufficient to justify their admission into evidence. The district court correctly concluded that these opinions could not support the jury’s verdict. Even if the remaining factual…
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