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THRASH v. U-DRIVE-IT CO.

Nos. 32936 and 32952.

158 Ohio St. 465 (1953)

THRASH, A MINOR, APPELLEE, v. U-DRIVE-IT CO., APPELLEE; SPOT MOTOR CO., APPELLANT. THRASH, A MINOR, APPELLANT, v. U-DRIVE-IT CO. ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 21, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. Craig Spangenberg, Mr. Robert L. Culbertson and Mr. Charles E. Pierson, for appellee and appellant, Ronald Thrash.

Mr. James Olds and Mr. Chester G. Wise, for appellee, U-Drive-It Company.

Messrs. Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Mr. Dwight Parsons and Mr. Hugh Colopy, for appellant and appellee, Spot Motor Company.

ZIMMERMAN, J.

Based on the English case of Winterbottom, v. Wright (1842), 10 Meeson & Welsby, 109,152 Eng. Repr., 402, the rule of general acceptance for many years was that a contractor, manufacturer, vendor or furnisher of an article is not liable to third persons who have no contractual relations with him for negligence in the construction, manufacture or sale of such article. 3 Cooley on Torts (4 Ed.), 463, Section 498; 38 American Jurisprudence...

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