Texas high court hears dispute over whether flight manual restarts federal statute of repose The Supreme Court of Texas heard oral arguments in case no. 240883 over whether a federal statute of repose bars a wrongful-death suit tied to a Bell helicopter and whether a flight manual (or a subsection of it) qualifies as a "part" that can restart the repose period.

The Texas Supreme Court is poised to determine if a flight manual can reset the federal statute of repose, a decision that could reshape product-liability lawsuits against aircraft manufacturers.

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Plaintiff urges judge to force Navistar to produce internal crash-investigation files in Alexander burn case At a Dec. 3 hearing in Clayton County State Court, plaintiff counsel argued Navistar is withholding critical internal ‘Team Connect’ and product-integrity group files related to multiple tractor-trailer fires; Navistar responded that plaintiffs already have incident reports and that broader production would be unduly burdensome; Judge Tammy Long Hayward said she will issue an order after review.

In a pivotal court battle, plaintiffs argue that Navistar's secretive internal files are crucial to proving their case in a catastrophic tractor-trailer fire, while the defense claims revealing them would be a huge burden.

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