LEONARD v. UNIROYAL, INC.

No. 84-5507.

765 F.2d 560 (1985)

Vivian LEONARD, Administratrix of the Estate of John Leonard, Deceased, Bruce Love and Phyllis Love, Plaintiffs-Appellees. v. UNIROYAL, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory K. Jenkins (Lead) argued, Ronald L. Green, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Lexington, Ky., for defendant-appellant.

Peter Perlman (Lead) argued, Perlman and Garmer, Lexington, Ky., R. Jackson Rose, Tazewell, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KENNEDY and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and GUY, District Judge.


CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability case. On June 15, 1981, John Leonard, plaintiff-appellee's decedent, was killed, and plaintiff-appellee Bruce Love, was injured, when the left front tire of their truck blew out and the truck swerved off the highway and into an embankment. Plaintiffs brought suit in federal district court against Uniroyal on the basis of diversity of citizenship, alleging that the blowout was caused by a manufacturing...

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