FORD v. RUPPLE

No. 12186.

504 P.2d 686 (1972)

J.L. FORD, Guardian ad litem of Jay Ford, a minor, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Henry RUPPLE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Yelsa argued, Anaconda, for plaintiff and appellant.

Poore, McKenzie & Roth, Butte, Robert A. Poore, argued, Butte, James P. Melican, Jr., argued, Detroit, Mich., for defendants and respondents.


DALY, Justice.

This appeal is from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant General Motors, Inc. entered in the district court of the second judicial district, county of Silver Bow, Hon. John B. McClernan, presiding.

On October 25, 1969, plaintiff Ford, 19 years of age, was a sleeping passenger in a 1968 Corvette automobile, the subject of this litigation. The Corvette was being driven by defendant William Firebaugh. It was manufactured by defendant General...

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