Case Name: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Lawrence Marshall Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc., Appellants, v. Maria Del Carmen SAENZ, Individually and in Her Capacity as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Abel Lee Sanchez, Deceased; Connie W. Creel, Individually and as Next Friend of A.J. Sanchez, a Minor Child; and A.L. Sanchez, Jr., Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Abel L. Sanchez, Deceased, Appellees
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1998-07-08
Citations: 974 S.W.2d 409
Docket Number: No. 04-96-00303-CV
Parties: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Lawrence Marshall Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc., Appellants, v. Maria Del Carmen SAENZ, Individually and in Her Capacity as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Abel Lee Sanchez, Deceased; Connie W. Creel, Individually and as Next Friend of A.J. Sanchez, a Minor Child; and A.L. Sanchez, Jr., Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Abel L. Sanchez, Deceased, Appellees.
Judges: Before HARDBERGER, C.J., and RICKHOFF, LOPEZ, STONE, GREEN, DUNCAN and ANGELINI, JJ., En Banc.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 974
Pages: 407–411

Head Matter:
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Lawrence Marshall Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc., Appellants, v. Maria Del Carmen SAENZ, Individually and in Her Capacity as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Abel Lee Sanchez, Deceased; Connie W. Creel, Individually and as Next Friend of A.J. Sanchez, a Minor Child; and A.L. Sanchez, Jr., Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Abel L. Sanchez, Deceased, Appellees.
No. 04-96-00303-CV.
Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.
July 8, 1998.
John R. Trigg, Wheeler, Trigg & Kennedy, P.C., Denver, CO, Jose E. Garcia, William L. Hubbard, Garcia & Ramirez, McAllen, Ruth Greenfield Malinas, Ball & Weed, P.C., San Antonio, David M. Heilbron, Leslie G. Landau, MeCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, L.L.P ., San Francisco, CA, for Appellants.
Russell H. MeMains, Law Offices of Russell H. MeMains, Corpus Christi, Stacy Keaton, Law Offices of Russell H. MeMains, Houston, Mark A. Cantu, Law Office of Mark A Cantu, McAllen, Guy H. Allison, Allison & Huerta, Corpus Christi, Rebecca E. Hamilton, Todd W. White, White, White & Hamilton, P.C., Rockwell, for Appellees.
Before HARDBERGER, C.J., and RICKHOFF, LOPEZ, STONE, GREEN, DUNCAN and ANGELINI, JJ., En Banc.

Opinion:
OPINION AND ORDER ON REHEARING EN BANC
PER CURIAM.
On November 19, 1997, a panel of this court issued an opinion and judgment in this appeal, affirming the judgment of the trial court, 966 S.W.2d 545. On March 30, 1998, we granted appellants' motion for rehearing en banc. After due consideration, a majority of this court approves and adopts the panel's opinion and judgment.
It is so ORDERED on July 8,1998.
/s/ Phil Hardberger
Phil Hardberger, Chief Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 8th day of July, 1998.
/s/ Herb Schaefer
Herb Schaefer, Clerk
GREEN, J. (see dissenting opinion to majority panel opinion).
DUNCAN, J. (joining dissenting opinion to majority panel opinion).
ANGELINI, J. (joining dissenting opinion to majority panel opinion).
Concurring opinion by RICKHOFF, J.