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MURPHY v. TEXAS KENWORTH CO.

No. 78-1743.

615 F.2d 655 (1980)

William Thomas MURPHY, d/b/a W. T. Murphy Trucking Co., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS KENWORTH COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. PACCAR, INC., Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Appellant, v. TRW, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin R. Wilcox, III, Longview, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard Grainger, Tyler, Tex., for Texas Kenworth Co.

Rex A. Nichols, Tommy Allison, Longview, Tex., for Paccar, Inc.

David S. Kidder, E. W. Brees, II, Dallas, Tex., for TRW.

Before HILL, KRAVITCH and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to us after a directed verdict in favor of the defendants. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

In 1973, appellant bought a Kenworth truck from appellee Texas Kenworth Co. The truck had been manufactured by appellee Paccar, Inc. About one year later, while driving this truck near Abbeville, Alabama, appellant's employee approached a point where the road curved to the left. The truck did not turn with the curve...

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