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JENKINS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 29084.

446 F.2d 377 (1971)

Ione JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Kirbo, R. Byron Attridge, Joseph R. Gladden, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Ross L. Malone, General Counsel, General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel, for appellant.

Thomas M. Odom, Millen, Ga., Florence Hewlett Dendy, Charles E. McCranie, Claude R. Ross, Baxter H. Finch, Atlanta, Ga., George W. Fryhofer, Waynesboro, Ga., Frank M. Eldridge, Atlanta, Ga., Ross & Finch, Atlanta, Ga., Odom & Dendy, Millen, Ga., of counsel, for appellee.

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

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 24, 1971.

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

Ione Jenkins was severely injured when the Corvair automobile in which she was a passenger suddenly veered off the road and landed in a ditch on April 15, 1962. She predicated her action against General Motors Corporation on the grounds of negligent failure to properly tighten and inspect a nut on a bolt in the left rear suspension system. A jury returned a verdict for plaintiff...

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