Case Updates
Texas Supreme Court holds that a trial court’s failure to instruct a jury on the full factors it should consider in failure-to-warn cases did not cause an improper verdict
October 06, 2020
Click here to view the opinion. The U.S. Chamber filed a coalition amicus brief urging the opposite result.
Petition for review granted
June 05, 2020
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Texas Supreme Court to grant petition to review whether juries should be instructed on the full factors they should consider in failure-to-warn cases and reverse lower courts' expansion of duty
February 19, 2019
Click here to view the Chamber's amicus brief.
Pamela Stanton Baron served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center.
Case Documents
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Emerson Electric v. Johnson (Texas Supreme Court) .pdf
- Opinion -- Emerson Electric v. Johnson (Texas Supreme Court).pdf