TSCHUDY v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Nos. 78-288 to 78-290, 78-320.

378 So.2d 56 (1979)

Rosemary TSCHUDY, As Administratrix of the Estate of Eugene Theodore Tschudy, Deceased, Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Appellee. Edwin A. RICHARDSON, Etc., et al., As Administrator of the Estate of Beverly L. Richardson, Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Appellee. Deborah J. GOMEZ, As Administratrix of the Estate of Vernon R. Gomez, Deceased, and Jean C. Gomez, Deceased, Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Appellee. Edna J. REYNOLDS and Sherilyn L. Reynolds, Appellants, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Council Wooten, Jr., of Billings, Frederick, Wooten & Honeywell, Orlando, for appellant-Richardson.

Terry N. Freeman of Beverly & Freeman, West Palm Beach, for appellant-Tschudy.

James P. O'Flarity, Palm Beach, for appellant-Reynolds.

Ferrell & Jacobus, Melbourne, for appellant-Gomez.

Larry Klein and Roy R. Watson, II, of Adams, Coogler, Watson & Smith, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

MOORE, J., and WARREN, LAMAR (Retired), Associate Judge, concur.

ANSTEAD, J., specially concurs with opinion.

ANSTEAD, Judge, specially concurring:

A tire manufactured by Firestone blew out and an accident resulted. Firestone claimed that the blowout was caused by a prior improper repair of the tire. The appellants claimed that the blowout was caused by a defect in the tire unconnected with the repair, or alternatively...

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