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GRIMSHAW v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket No. 20095.

119 Cal.App.3d 757 (1981)

174 Cal. Rptr. 348

RICHARD GRIMSHAW, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. CARMEN GRAY, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

May 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hews, Munoz & Howard, Arthur N. Hews, Horvitz & Greines, Horvitz, Greines & Poster, Ellis J. Horvitz, Michelle Van Cleave, Gerald H.B. Kane, Jr., Rose, Klein & Marias, Byron M. Rabin and Leonard Sacks for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, G. Richard Doty, Robert G. Damus, Judd L. Jordan and Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter for Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

TAMURA, Acting P.J.

A 1972 Ford Pinto hatchback automobile unexpectedly stalled on a freeway, erupting into flames when it was rear ended by a car proceeding in the same direction. Mrs. Lilly Gray, the driver of the Pinto, suffered fatal burns and 13-year-old Richard Grimshaw, a passenger in the Pinto, suffered severe and permanently disfiguring burns on his face and entire body. Grimshaw and the heirs of Mrs. Gray (Grays...

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