Opinion
No. 86-1094.
December 3, 1987.
G. Luke Ashley, Thompson Knight, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.
Dale D. Williams, Rod S. Squires, Williams, Pattillo Squires, Waco, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Before WISDOM, RUBIN and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
IT IS ORDERED that the motion of Anita Osburn, plaintiff, for entry of an order substituting Anita Osburn, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Clois Dale Osburn, deceased, as a party-plaintiff in place of Clois Dale Osburn, deceased, is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that appellant's petition for rehearing is DENIED. With respect to appellant's assertion that "[t]he Court's opinion is totally silent as to whether the Court's ruling affects the potential recovery now available to Mr. Osburn's heirs under the Texas wrongful death statute," attention is directed to the last paragraph of footnote 16 of our opinion herein.
No further petition for rehearing shall be filed, and the mandate shall issue forthwith.