WALKER v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

No. 351, Docket 32860.

412 F.2d 60 (1969)

Dorothy M. WALKER, Executrix of the Estate of Ora A. Walker, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Coffrin, Burlington, Vt. (Coffrin & Pierson, Burlington, Vt., on the brief), for appellant.

Alden T. Bryan, Burlington, Vt. (Black, Wilson, Curtis & Bryan, Burlington, Vt.), for appellee.

Before WATERMAN, MOORE and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge:

Ora A. Walker, a salesman of technical hydraulic equipment, was in Burlington, Vermont, on assignment in January 1967 when he was involved in a fatal automobile accident. His widow and executrix, Dorothy M. Walker, sued the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. (Firestone), among others, alleging in part that the accident occurred as a result of a defective tire manufactured by Fire-stone which is said to have suddenly deflated, causing the car to go...

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