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HEGWOOD v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 62241.

286 N.W.2d 29 (1979)

Harold HEGWOOD, Executor of the Estate of Avis Hegwood, Deceased, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and McEleney Motors, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Gene Blackburn of Murray & Blackburn, P. C., Fort Dodge, for appellant.

H. Richard Smith of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, for appellees Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and McEleney Motors, Inc.

Macauley Carter, Jr. of Haupert, Robertson & Johnson, Marshalltown, for appellee General Motors Corp.

Considered en banc.

HARRIS, Justice.

This products liability suit is the result of a one-car accident in which plaintiff's decedent was killed. Plaintiff's theory is that the defendants should be held responsible for supplying a car capable of speeds in excess of 123 miles per hour while, without adequate warning, equipping it with tires which had been tested only for speeds up to 85 miles per hour. We affirm because at trial the plaintiff lost on the facts. There was substantial evidence...

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