State Supreme Court / Tex.

Smithson v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

Decided February 15, 1984. Franklin S. Spears wrote the opinion for the court.

665 S.W.2d 439 · Cited 287 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co. · 665 S.W.2d 414
Landry v. Travelers Insurance Company · 458 S.W.2d 649
Gulf Paving Co. v. Lofstedt · 188 S.W.2d 155
J. Weingarten, Inc. v. Brockman · 135 S.W.2d 698
Sanchez v. Schindler · 651 S.W.2d 249
Boatland of Houston, Inc. v. Bailey · 609 S.W.2d 743
General Motors Corp. v. Hopkins · 548 S.W.2d 344
Werner v. Miller · 579 S.W.2d 455
Burlington-Rock Island R. v. Davis · 123 S.W.2d 1002

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