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MARSHALL v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 468-70.

446 F.2d 712 (1971)

Fernon D. MARSHALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 16, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Sanders, Tulsa, Okl. (Tom Mason, and Sanders & McElroy, Tulsa, Okl., of counsel, with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Wm. S. Hall, Tulsa, Okl. (Green, Feldman & Hall, Tulsa, Okl., of counsel, with him on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN, ALDISERT, and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

In this products liability case the plaintiff-appellant Marshall claims defective design because of the failure of an automobile manufacturer to provide a lock or catch on the folding back of a split front seat. Jurisdiction is based on diversity. The jury found for the defendant and this appeal followed.

On December 5, 1968, plaintiff was a passenger occupying the right front seat of a 1966 Ford Galaxie 2-door automobile owned...

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