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SPURLIN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 28224.

426 F.2d 294 (1970)

A. A. SPURLIN, Surviving parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a minor, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 8, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Walker, Jr., Huntsville, Ala., Francis H. Hare, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ralph H. Ford, Harold Herring, Huntsville, Ala., John Eyster, Decatur, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge and BELL and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The Plaintiff sued (i) the Manufacturer of the school bus body (Thomas) and (ii) the Manufacturer of the chassis (General Motors) for fatal injuries to a public school pupil resulting, it was claimed, from collapse of the bus top when the bus capsized after it went off the road. The District Court granted Thomas' motion for summary judgment presumably by choosing the Seventh Circuit approach1 to the currently much mooted "crashworthy...

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