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VERGE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 77-1064.

581 F.2d 384 (1978)

Jesus Garcia VERGE and the Commissioner of Labor of the Government of the Virgin Islands v. FORD MOTOR CO., Elgin-Leach Corp., Leach Co., Isla Verde Sales, Inc. and John Doe Corp. Appeal of FORD MOTOR CO.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Hymes, III, Grunert, Stout, Hymes & Mayer, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I., for defendant-appellant Ford Motor Co.

J. Michael Spencer, Christianstad, St. Croix, V. I., for plaintiff-appellee Jesus Garcia Verge.

Before GIBBONS, GARTH and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

We must address, in this case, a little-litigated subtlety of products liability law: On whom to place design responsibilities where a product has been manufactured and assembled in more than one stage. Because we conclude that the Ford Motor Company was not responsible for the design defect here, we hold that the district court erred in denying Ford's Motion for Judgment n. o. v.

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