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· 3/29/2001

Meritor Automotive, Inc. v. Ruan Leasing Co.

Citations

  • 44 S.W.3d 86
  • 44 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 549
  • 2001 Tex. LEXIS 20
  • 2001 WL 299090

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “a ‘products liability action’ includes not only products liability claims but also other theories of liability properly joined thereto”
  • holding that the statute excepts from the duty “only those losses ‘caused by 1 the seller”
  • holding that “a ‘products liability action’ includes not only products liability claims but also other theories of liability properly joined thereto”
  • holding that the statute excepts from the duty “only those losses ‘caused by’ the seller”
  • holding that, after claimant settled products liability claims against manufacturers and nonsuit-ed products liability and negligence claims against seller, seller was entitled to indemnity from manufacturer for negligence claims
  • holding that statutory exception for seller’s independent misconduct arises only when established by finding

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Judges: Hankinson, Phillips

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