SMOAK v. LIEBHERR-AMERICA, INC.

22085

281 S.C. 420 (1984)

315 S.E.2d 116

Gerald C. SMOAK as Executor of the Estate of Vance Hudson, Formerly Vance Hudson d/b/a Vance Hudson Logging Company and Owsley & Sons, Inc., Respondents, v. LIEBHERR-AMERICA, INC., and Lease-Afex, Inc., of whom Liebherr-America, Inc., is Appellant. Appeal of LIEBHERR-AMERICA, INC.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, for appellant.

Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, Charleston, and Henderson & Shuford, Charlotte, N.C., for respondents.


April 23, 1984.

NESS, Justice:

This is a products liability case. Essentially appellant, Liebherr-America, Inc., argues the jury's $98,000 verdict in favor of respondent, Gerald C. Smoak, et al., is unsupported by the evidence contained in the record, when considered in light of the theories of recovery submitted to the jury. We disagree and affirm.

In September 1977, respondent purchased a Liebherr-America, Inc. logging machine, equipped with...

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