In Cooper Tire & Rubber V

In Cooper Tire & Rubber v.Mendez,involving a tire blowout that resulted in deaths in an accident,the Texas high court held that:

A) the expert for plaintiff Mendez failed to meet the standard of reliability,so there would be a new trial
B) the expert for plaintiff Mendez failed to meet the standard of reliability,so it reversed the judgment to be in favor of Cooper
C) the expert witness for Cooper failed to meet the standard for reliability,so that testimony would be stricken from the record
D) the expert witness for Cooper could not be a company employee,it had to be an independent expert
E) none of the other choices are correct