Texas Supreme Court
General Motors Corporation and Lawrence Marshall Chevrolet Oldsmobile, Inc., Petitioners v. A.j. Sanchez…
July 1, 199942 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 969
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that comparative responsibility applies in strict products‑liability cases when the plaintiff's negligence is more than a mere failure to discover or guard against a defect, found sufficient evidence of a design defect, denied punitive damages for lack of gross negligence, and affirmed the plaintiff's duty to use ordinary care rather than a duty to discover defects.