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FENNER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 79-2518.

657 F.2d 647 (1981)

George FENNER and Catherine Fenner, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent M. Turbow, Jacksonville, Fla., Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Walter H. Beckham, Jr., Joel D. Eaton, Miami, Fla., Arthur Boone, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mathews, Osborne, Erlich, Gobelman & Cobb, Robert C. Gobelman, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before RONEY, HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This personal injury products liability suit arises out of a single car accident which occurred in Palm Beach County, Florida. Plaintiffs sued the manufacturer, General Motors Corporation, alleging a defectively designed steering coupling permitted stone interference in turning the vehicle which proximately caused their accident. A jury awarded plaintiffs $250,000. The district court, however, granted General Motors' post-trial Rule 50, Fed.R.Civ.P., motion...

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