FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. BLAND

No. 5363.

517 S.W.2d 641 (1974)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. V. A. BLAND, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearings Denied January 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Street, Jr., Fort Worth, Haley, Fulbright, Winniford & Bice, Waco, for appellants.

Sheehy, Lovelace & Mayfield, Waco, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

This is a products liability suit. It stems from a single-car accident in which the plaintiff sustained personal injuries when a Mercury Capri automobile he owned and was driving overturned. Plaintiff alleged, inter alia, that the accident and his injuries were caused by a defective left-front shock tower on the Capri automobile; and that this defect existed when the car left the possession of Ford Motor Company, the defendant-manufacturer, and when...

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