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COLLINS v. WAYNE CORP.

No. 78-1517.

621 F.2d 777 (1980)

H. E. COLLINS and Joetta Collins, Surviving Parents and personal representatives of Karen Collins, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAYNE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Haralson, Austin, Tex., Dale Haralson, Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lancaster Smith, Harvey L. Davis, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, AINSWORTH and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The day after Christmas in 1972 on a narrow bridge in New Mexico a tractor trailer carrying a cargo of cattle jackknifed and penetrated through the first four rows of seats of an oncoming bus. The collision killed nineteen and injured eleven passengers on the bus. The plaintiffs-appellants in this case are four of the injured and representatives of ten of the dead. The plaintiffs sued Wayne Corporation in products liability under Sections...

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