United States Fifth Circuit

The fact that a lighter manufactured by plaintiff was the only incendiary device that was found in a child's room where a fire started, does create a genuine issue of material fact that on whether the child started the fire using the lighter. Thus, issues of fact preclude an award of summary judgment on this basis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2003
• Published 02/07/2003

Judges

• W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara Arthur Radnofsky (argued), Sandra Garza Rodriguez, Jennifer H. Davidow, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Carlos Alberto Villarreal,Hermansen, McKibben, Woolsey & Villarreal, Corpus Christi, TX, for Bic Pen Corp.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brendan K. McBride (argued), David McDonald Prichard, Prichard, Hawkins & Young, San Antonio, TX, Linda C. Broocks, Ogden, Gibson, White & Broocks, Houston, TX, Mark K. Suzumoto, VanEtten Suzumoto, Santa Monica, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.