Legal Opinion
Merrell v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided January 23, 2009No. 06-07-00122-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice CARTER.
Charles T. Merrell, Sr., and Jane Cer-verny 1 (collectively the Parents) bring this appeal of the trial court’s order granting Wal-Mart, Inc., summary judgment.2 This is a products liability suit based on an allegedly defective halogen torchiere lamp which may have caused the wrongful death of Charles Thomas Merrell, II (Charles II), Merrell and Cerverny’s son. Charles II had just graduated from Austin College and had been hired as a stockbroker for A.G. Edwards’ Paris, Texas, office. The house Charles II rented caught fire and burned, killing Charles II and…
2Cases cited61 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- City of Keller v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 2005
- Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 1979
- King Ranch, Inc. v. ChapmanTexas Supreme Court · 2003
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. MerrellTexas Supreme Court · 2010
- Schronk v. City of BurlesonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2009
- Albert Lee Giddens, APLC v. Juan Cuevas, Eventino Arredondo and Built Right Homes, LLC, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2017
- Jonathan Daniel Rushing v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2001
- Kevin Glenn Schronk, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Helen Patricia Schronk, and Dustin Schronk v. City of Burleson and Laerdal Medical Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2009
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