Court Opinion

ID: 9678684
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:28:46.783998+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:07.223920
License: Public Domain

NORTHCUTT, Justice.
I concur in the result reached in the above opinion but I do not understand that the holding in the case of Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Inc. v. Capps, 139 Tex. 609, 164 S.W.2d 828 applies only to food cases. I construe the case to hold it applies to articles that are injurious to human health or life. In considering the rule of implied warranty or liability without fault the court stated: “Liability in such case is not based upon negligence, nor on a breach of the usual implied contractual warranty, but on the broad principle of the public policy to protect human health and life.” As I construe the holding of that case is that the implied warranty, so called, reaching from the manufacturer of articles to the ultimate purchaser for immediate use is in the nature of a representation that the highest degree of care has been exercised and is fit for the use for which it is sold, and if used as directed, it will not harm human health or life. For example, I ani unable to distinguish the difference in effect of human suffering when a person uses an eye-wash solution that caused blindness and from sickness caused by eating improper food.