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FORD MOTOR CO. v. HILL

Nos. 77-514, 77-1364.

381 So.2d 249 (1979)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Doing Business in the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Willie Lee HILL and Eloise Hill, His Wife, Appellees. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Doing Business in the State of Florida, Appellant, v. BARKETT OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dixon, Jr. and Aubrey V. Kendall of Dixon, Dixon, Hurst, Nicklaus & Webb; Timothy J. Norris of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody & Cole, Miami, for appellant.

Walter H. Beckham, Jr. and Robert Orseck of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, P.A., Miami, and Simons & Schlesinger, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees Hill.

K.P. Jones of Law Offices of K.P. Jones, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Barkett Oil Co.

LETTS, Judge.

This appeal stems from a products liability claim against Ford Motor Company following a single vehicle truck accident and injuries incurred as a result of an alleged "second collision" defect in truck design. The jury was instructed only on strict liability and no negligence instruction was given. We affirm.

The truckdriver was horribly injured, permanently paralyzed from the waist down suffering total loss of control over his bladder and bowels...

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