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THORP v. DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Docket No. 14342.

51 Mich. App. 514 (1974)

215 N.W.2d 600

THORP v. DAYTON TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weinstein, Kroll & Gordon, P.C., for plaintiffs.

Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile (by James D. Ritchie and Chester E. Kasiborski, Jr.), for defendant Dayton Tire & Rubber Company.

Before: LESINSKI, C.J., and FITZGERALD and CARLAND, JJ.

CARLAND, J.

The plaintiff Dale Thorp was injured on December 5, 1967 at his place of employment while replacing a repaired tire on a wheel rim at which time the tire exploded, almost severing his right hand. The tire in question was manufactured by the defendant Dayton Tire and Rubber Co., a subsidiary of the defendant The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. The tire was one of two tubeless snow tires purchased on November 14, 1966 by one Arthur Kohlruss from defendant...

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