FORD v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO.

No. 82-751.

430 So.2d 912 (1983)

William FORD, Jr., and Gloria Jean Ford, His Wife, Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McClure & Gay and M. Lee Gay, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane and Richard A. Sherman, Miami, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, NESBITT and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We approve a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence in favor of International Harvester as the manufacturer of a truck cab and chassis in an action sounding in tort, on strict liability, for failure to install back-up warning signals. The cab and chassis were specifically ordered without such devices from International in 1970. At the time of the initial order it was known that the products supplied by International would be substantially altered...

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