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Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc. v. Daniels

619 S.W.2d 435 (1981)

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Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc. v. Daniels

Texas Court of Civil Appeals
619 S.W.2d 435 (1981)

Facts

Mark Daniels (plaintiff) played high school football and wore a Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., Inc. (Rawlings) (defendant) helmet. During practice, Daniels collided head-to-head with a teammate, and Daniels’s helmet dented inward one and one-half to two inches. The collision caused Daniels to have a subdural hematoma, resulting in severe, permanent brain damage. Daniels sued Rawlings under product-liability and negligence theories, alleging that, among other things, Rawlings was negligent in failing to warn of its helmet’s protective limitations, which proximately caused his injuries. Daniels’s father testified that he would not have allowed his son to play football if he knew that the helmet did not protect against brain injury. Rawlings’s own witnesses testified (1) it has long been known that helmets will not protect against all brain injuries; (2) laymen believe helmets protect the head; (3) a person can have a brain injury while wearing a helmet that performs as intended; (4) the helmet has severe limitations in protecting the brain; (7) 30 to 40 football deaths occur each year from subdural hematoma; and (8) parents do not know the dangers of subdural hematoma. The jury returned a $1,500,000 judgment in favor of Daniels. Rawlings appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (McDonald, C.J.)

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