MILES v. GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 82AP-864.

10 Ohio App. 3d 186 (1983)

MILES, APPELLANT, v. GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Franklin County.

Decided June 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E. Bruce Hadden, for appellant.

Messrs. Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Mr. Herbert R. Brown and Ms. Mary Ellen Fairfield, for appellee General Motors Corporation.

Messrs. McNamara & McNamara and Mr. John L. Miller, for appellee BCJ Corporation.

Messrs. Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur and Mr. Terrance M. Miller, for appellee General Tire & Rubber Co.

Messrs. Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt and Mr. William T. Mc-Cracken, for appellee George Byers Sons, Inc.

Mr. David L. Day, for appellee Leslie Fay, Inc.

Messrs. Sanford, Fisher, Fahey & Boyland and Mr. Richard P. Fahey, for appellees Haymaker, David Crystal Company and General Milles, Inc.


McCORMAC, J.

Plaintiff-appellant, Jayne Miles, was a passenger in a 1978 General Motors Corporation motor home which collided with a guardrail, causing the gas tanks to rupture. The gasoline, which escaped, caught fire. While attempting to leave from the only exit door in the motor home, plaintiff received severe burns.

Plaintiff originally joined General Motors Corporation ("GMC"), the manufacturer; George Byers Sons, Inc. ("Byers"), the original seller of...

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