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BROWDER v. PETTIGREW

541 S.W.2d 402 (1976)

Mrs. Dean BROWDER, Petitioner-Respondent, Glen Gray, Respondent, v. James PETTIGREW, d/b/a Pettigrew Motor Company, Respondent, Ford Motor Company, Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd Tatum, Henderson, for petitioner-respondent Browder.

Sidney W. Gilreath, Patricia N. Rechichar, Knoxville, for amicus curiae The Tenn. Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

W.R. Menzies, Jr., Menzies, Rainey and Kizer, Jackson, for respondent Pettigrew.

Thomas F. Johnston, Armstrong, Allen, Braden, Goodman, McBride & Prewitt, Memphis, for respondent-petitioner Ford Motor Co.

David R. Farmer, Waldrop, Hall, Tomlin & Farmer, Jackson, for respondent Gray.

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

These are products liability actions arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on March 24, 1971, on U.S. Highway 64 in McNairy County, Tennessee. Petitioner, Mrs. Dean Browder, filed a complaint against the Ford Motor Company and a retail Ford dealer, James Pettigrew, d/b/a Pettigrew Motor Company, alleging that she had sustained personal injuries in a one-car accident caused by the collapse of the A-frame supporting...

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