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SHANK v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORP.

Civ. A. Nos. 82-1794, 82-2486.

575 F.Supp. 125 (1983)

Earl L. SHANK and Patricia Ann Shank, Individually, and Patricia Ann Shank, as Administratrix of the Estate of Sherry Lee Shank, Deceased v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION and Jeep Corporation and Donald Pusey. Robert Timothy BENNER v. JEEP CORPORATION and American Motors Corporation.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland D. Cherry, Media, Pa., for Shank.

Robert E. Slota, Bryn Mawr, Pa., for Benner.

Joseph V. Pinto, Philadelphia, Pa., for American Motors & Jeep.

Harry A. Short, Philadelphia, Pa., for Donald Pusey.

Joseph V. Pinto, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

On June 17, 1980, Sherry Lee Shank died as a result of injuries sustained while a passenger in a 1978 Jeep CJ Renegade which rolled over in a single vehicle accident. On November 14, 1981, Robert Timothy Benner was rendered a paraplegic as a result of injuries sustained while a passenger in a 1975 Jeep CJ-5 which rolled over in a single vehicle accident. Plaintiffs in both...

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