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FRUEHAUF TRAILER DIVISION v. THORNTON

No. 3-1174A193.

366 N.E.2d 21 (1977)

FRUEHAUF TRAILER DIVISION, Fruehauf Corporation, Appellant-Defendant, v. Quentin THORNTON and Mary Thornton, Appellees-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin A. Morse, II, David R. Melton, Thornburg, McGill, Deahl, Harman, Carey & Murray, South Bend, for appellant-defendant.

David L. Matthews, David L. Matthews & Associates, P.C., South Bend, Daniel J. Harrigan, Bayliff, Harrigan, Cord & Maugans, Kokomo, Jerry J. O'Connor, O'Connor & Feldman, Cassopolis, Mich., for appellees-plaintiffs.

STATON, Presiding Judge.

A jury returned a verdict which awarded Quentin Thornton seventy-five thousand dollars for injuries that he had received when a Fruehauf tire blew out causing his semi-trailer truck to overturn and burn. Mary Thornton, Quentin Thornton's wife, was awarded thirteen thousand dollars for the loss of services and consortium of her husband.

Fruehauf Corporation, manufacturer of the tire, appeals and presents these issues for our review...

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