United States Fifth Circuit

Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 82.004(a), a statute protecting manufacturers and sellers of "inherently unsafe" products from products liability suits, bars plaintiff's claim for civil assault against tobacco defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2000
• Published 11/16/2000

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and POGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harold Kenneth Tummel (argued), David J. Lumber, Tummel & Casso, McAllen, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen Edward Scheve, Steven Richard Selsberg (argued), Peter M. Henk, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Houston, TX, Darrell L. Barger, Barger & Hermansen, Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.