MORACA v. FORD MOTOR CO.


66 N.J. 454 (1975)

332 A.2d 599

THOMAS MORACA, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, AND EVELYN MORACA, PLAINTIFF, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AND MERLIN MOTOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided February 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur Montano argued the cause for appellant (Messrs. Kisselman, Deighan, Montano & Summers, attorneys).

Mr. William J. Cook argued the cause for respondent (Mr. Warren W. Faulk, on the brief; Messrs. Brown, Connery, Kulp, Wille, Purnell & Greene, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.

In this products liability case involving a Lincoln Continental which was six months old at the time of the one car accident, a judgment in favor of defendants based upon a jury verdict of no cause was reversed by the Appellate Division, one judge dissenting, on the ground that the trial court's charge to the jury was erroneous. A new trial on liability was ordered. See Moraca v. Ford Motor Co.,

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