Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Chatham

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

MURPHY, Justice.

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (O-I), Fibreboard Corporation (Fibreboard), Pittsburgh-Coming Corporation (P-C), and Manville Corporation Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund (Man-ville), collectively appellants (defendants in the trial court), appeal from judgments entered by the trial court following jury verdicts in favor of appellees (plaintiffs in the trial court). We affirm in part, and reverse and remand in part.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1990, the trial court, under Tex.R.Civ.P. 174(a), consolidated 289 asbestos personal injury suits that…