BRIGHT v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 83-5417.

756 F.2d 19 (1984)

Warren Lloyd BRIGHT, Paul M. Shelton and William Ralph Whittaker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

September 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Gerber, argued, Gerber, Gerber & Agee, James H. Mathis, Memphis, Tenn., Joe C. Hailey, Selmer, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William H. King, Jr., argued, David H. Worrell, Jr., McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., J.N. Raines, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before ENGEL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and WISEMAN, Chief Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs appeal from denial of their motion for a new trial following a jury verdict for defendant. Plaintiffs are the fathers and representatives of three young men killed in a car accident in Selmer, Tennessee. Decedent Randall Bright had acquired a Corvette on July 3, 1978. On the night of July 3, Bright showed the Corvette to a group of people socializing and drinking beer in a radio station parking lot. Bright allowed decedent Donald Whittaker to...

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