Xavier Benavides v. Cushman, Inc., and Watson Distributing Company

Opinion to: SJR TGT SN TJ EVK ERA GCH LCH JB

Opinion issued January 26, 2006

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

NO. 01-04-00982-CV

XAVIER BENAVIDES, Appellant

V

CUSHMAN, INC., Appellee

On Appeal from the 280th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2002-29056

O P I N I O N

In his appeal of this product liability case, Xavier Benavides asks that we reverse a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of appellee, Cushman, Inc. Benavides, a golf course groundskeeper, sued Cushman for injuries he sustained when a sand trap rake—a three-wheeled vehicle manufactured by…