FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. LITTLE

No. 82-17.

639 S.W.2d 726 (1982)

The FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Appellant, v. Artie LITTLE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Black well, Sanders, Matheny, Weary & Lombardi, Kansas City, Mo., and Rose Law Firm, P.A., Little Rock, for appellant.

Niewald, Risjord & Waldeck, Kansas City, Mo., and Shackleford, Shackleford & Phillips, P.A., El Dorado, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

This is a products liability case. In 1978, Artie Little, age 82, was walking by the roadside in Strong, Arkansas, when she was hit with a rim that came off the wheel of a passing truck. She filed suit for damages against the owner of the truck and trailer, Harvey Shelton, the owner of a service station who fixed a flat on the wheel of the trailer that day, Jackson Smith, and Firestone, the manufacturer...

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