BRISSETTE v. MILNER CHEVROLET COMPANY

No. 34348.

479 S.W.2d 176 (1972)

Earl L. BRISSETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILNER CHEVROLET COMPANY, Inc., a Corporation, et al., Defendants-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District.

March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Kirby, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel, Keaney & Brown, Joseph H. Mueller, Murphy & Kortenhof, Ben Ely, Heneghan, Roberts & Godfrey, George F. Kosta, W. Munro Roberts, Jr., St. Louis, for defendants-respondents.


SIMEONE, Judge.

This case is one of first impression in this State. It presents unique issues in the expanding field of products liability.1 The principal issues raised are: (1) whether the failure to produce the tire in a products liability case is essential in the proof of the plaintiff's case; (2) whether the plaintiff-appellant may be permitted to introduce expert testimony regarding an alleged defect in an automobile tire which is...

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