Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 1, 1988No. 9578PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHADICK, Justice.
This is a wrongful death action arising out of an industrial accident at the Kelly-Springfield Tire Plant at Tyler, Texas, in 1985, in which Blanchard Vidmer Wilson, an employee of a subcontractor on a construction project at the plant, was fatally injured.
The action is prosecuted by and on behalf of the decedent’s parents, widow and children to recover actual and exemplary damages from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, Houston Helicopters, and Thomas J. Frey, project manager for Goodyear. The trial court, at the close of evidence in the…
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