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CHESTNUT v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 14844.

445 F.2d 967 (1971)

Grady Paul CHESTNUT, Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Emroch, Richmond, Va. (Emroch, Cowan & Kauffman, and Frank N. Cowan, and Herman Abady, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Aubrey R. Bowles, III, Richmond, Va. (Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr., and Bowles & Boyd, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, BRYAN, and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This is a products liability case involving a 1967 Mercury Cougar automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. The plaintiff, Grady Paul Chestnut, is a 28-year-old career soldier who purchased the car, while home on leave from Vietnam, from the Daniel Motor Company in Craigsville, Virginia, a few hours prior to noon on August 12, 1967. At approximately 1 a. m. on August 13, 1967, less than 24 hours after the purchase, Chestnut was driving...

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