AUTO SPECIALTIES MFG. CO. v. BOUTWELL

No. Y-330.

335 So.2d 291 (1976)

AUTO SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURING COMPANY and the Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants (Defendants), v. Roy BOUTWELL and Geraldine Boutwell, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Green, Jr., of Green, Simmons, Green & Hightower, Ocala, for appellants.

Eric E. Wagner, Ocala, for appellees.


MILLS, Judge.

The Boutwells filed a complaint alleging negligence on the part of Auto Specialties in the manufacture, design and sale of a hydraulic jack which exploded, causing injury to Boutwell. Auto Specialties denied negligence, and affirmatively alleged comparative negligence and assumption of the risk on the part of Boutwell. A jury returned its verdict in favor of the Boutwells, and Auto Specialties appeals from the adverse judgment.

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