Caterpillar, Inc. v. Shears

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1995-12-22

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GONZALEZ, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, HIGHTOWER, HECHT, CORNYN, ENOCH and OWEN, Justices, join. This is a products liability case. Cipriano Shears, his wife and children sued Caterpillar, Inc. and B.D. Holt Company for personal injuries Shears suffered in a collision of two front-end loaders. The rollover protective structure or “R…

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