NECAISE v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION

No. 20654.

335 F.2d 562 (1964)

Eunice Edna NECAISE, Substituted as Administratrix of the Estate of Willard L. Necaise, deceased, Appellant, v. The CHRYSLER CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar B. Ladner, Gulfport, Miss., Albert Sidney Johnston, Jr., Biloxi, Miss., for appellant.

P. D. Greaves, Gulfport, Miss., Ronald R. Pawlak, Detroit, Mich., Walter E. Workman, Houston, Tex. (Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston, Tex., of counsel), for appellee.

Before BROWN, MOORE and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

In this products liability case we must review the action of the trial court in sustaining a motion by the defendant, The Chrysler Corporation (appellee), for a directed verdict. The plaintiff, Necaise (appellant),1 received disabling injuries when a Chrysler-built Dodge pick-up truck which he was driving overturned on a "test drive." Motion for directed verdict was made...

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