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HIGGINS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 85-160.

699 S.W.2d 741 (1985)

287 Ark. 390

Leonard HIGGINS, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION & Smart Chevrolet Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Eubanks & Associates by Darryl E. Baker and James Gerard Schulze, Little Rock, for appellant.

Barber, McCaskill, Amsler, Jones & Hale, Little Rock, Bridges, Young, Matthews, Holmes & Drake, Pine Bluff, for appellees.

HAYS, Justice.

This products liability suit was brought by Leonard Higgins, appellant, against Smart Chevrolet and General Motors Corporation, appellees. Higgins purchased a 1979 Malibu from Smart Chevrolet on July 3, 1979, and complained that the transmission was faulty. On November 12, 1979, after waiting at an intersection for a traffic light to change, Higgins stepped on the accelerator, and, he said, the car shot across the intersection and onto the median. The...

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