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VANDERMARK v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Docket No. L.A. 27674.

61 Cal.2d 256 (1964)

391 P.2d 168

37 Cal. Rptr. 896

CHESTER M. VANDERMARK et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 21, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Lascher and Donald C. Lozano for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Eugene P. Fay, Edward I. Pollock and Pollock, Pollock & Fay as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Dryden, Harrington, Horgan & Swartz, Vernon G. Foster, Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Gerold C. Dunn and Henry F. Walker for Defendants and Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

In October 1958 plaintiff Chester Vandermark bought a new Ford automobile from defendant Lorimer Diesel Engine Company, an authorized Ford dealer doing business as Maywood Bell Ford. About six weeks later, while driving on the San Bernardino Freeway, he lost control of the car. It went off the highway to the right and collided with a light post. He and his sister, plaintiff Mary Tresham, suffered serious injuries. They brought this action for damages against...

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