Texas Supreme Court

Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Motor America, Inc., and Port City Hyundai, Petitioners v. Maria Alvarado…

February 16, 199538 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 302

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that a plaintiff's nonsuit does not invalidate a partial summary judgment; the nonsuit dismisses with prejudice the issues already decided. The Court reversed the Court of Appeals' decision and remanded for resolution of the federal preemption question.