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FRIES v. HOLLAND HITCH COMPANY

Docket No. 4,300.

12 Mich. App. 178 (1968)

162 N.W.2d 672

FRIES v. HOLLAND HITCH COMPANY.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided June 27, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Metry, Metry, Sanom, Ashare & Goldman (Thomas C. Schrader, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Smith, Haughey & Rice (James E. Gould, of counsel), for defendant.

J.H. GILLIS, J.

This is an action to recover for injuries to a tractor rig and for other incidental damages allegedly caused by the failure of a trailer hitch manufactured by defendant. The hitch, a so-called "fifth wheel assembly" failed allegedly because of inferior cold rolled steel used in its manufacture. As a result of the failure, a trailer while being hauled broke loose and rolled over taking the tractor rig...

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