WHITOBSKY v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 26572.

409 F.2d 487 (1969)

Faye WHITOBSKY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, American Oil Company, and Glen Dinning Companies, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giles J. Duplechin, New Orleans, La., Joshua A. Tilton, Baton Rouge, La., for appellant.

Carl J. Schumacher, Jr., of Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, Harry McCall, Jr., David Stone, of Stone, Pigman, Walther, Whittman & Hutchinson, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Faye Whitobsky filed suit against Ford Motor Company, American Oil Company, and Glen Dinning Companies seeking damages of $3500, the value of a 1969 Mustang, plus $150,000 for mental anguish. In her complaint, she alleged that defendant companies were negligent in representing to her that she had won a new Mustang in a promotional game and then later telling her that she had not won the new car after all. The court below dismissed for lack of...

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