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PEREZ v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 73-1805.

497 F.2d 82 (1974)

Roy Paul PEREZ, Individually, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Traders & General Insurance Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey J. Lewis, Samuel C. Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., Jack B. Wise, Thibodaux, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert G. Hebert, New Orleans, La., for Truman Hendley, amicus curiae.

Allen R. Fontenot, William S. Penick, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Ben W. Lightfoot, Baton Rouge, La., for intervenor.

Before TUTTLE, GEWIN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 7, 1974.

RONEY, Circuit Judge :

Seven years ago Roy Paul Perez and his young daughter were seriously injured and his wife was killed when the cab or passenger compartment of a 1966 Ford F-100 pickup truck in which they were riding separated from the chassis and overturned after being struck from the rear by another Ford automobile. The District Court ruled, as a matter of Louisiana law, that this collision did...

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