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WRIGHT v. NEWMAN

No. 83-1401.

735 F.2d 1073 (1984)

Carol Rae WRIGHT; Bonnie Lynn Wright; the Estate of Tina Marie Wright, deceased, by her Personal Representative, Patricia Wright, Appellants, v. Daniel Paul NEWMAN; John Scheall, American Auto Shippers, Inc., a New York Corporation; Phil Long Ford, Inc., a Colorado Corporation; General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a New York Corporation; and Ford Motor Credit Company, a Delaware Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Strong, Mathew W. Placzek, Rebecca B. Myers, Strong, Placzek & Wooddell, P.C., Springfield, Mo., for appellants.

Griffin Smith, Smith & Nixon, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge; HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge; and COLLINSON, Senior District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Carol Rae Wright, Bonnie Lynn Wright, and Patricia Wright, as personal representative of the estate of Tina Marie Wright, appeal the district court's1 grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee Ford Motor Credit Company (FMCC). The Wrights maintain that genuine issues of material fact exist as to FMCC's liability under the tort theories of strict liability and negligence. Because we believe the facts alleged...

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