BAKER v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 84-5956.

793 F.2d 1196 (1986)

Bruce Steve BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight Sullivan, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Berryhill, Avery, Williams & Sasadu, P.A., O. Edgar Williams, Jr., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., David H. Worrell, Jr., Kenneth J. Moran, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., for defendant-appellee.

Before FAY, Circuit Judge, HENDERSON and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judges.


HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This appeal results from a diversity action for damages tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the manufacturer of a failed automobile tire. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

Bruce Steve Baker, the appellant, was injured on August 13, 1978, when he lost control of his 1973 Ford Capri on a street in Dade County, Florida and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Baker suffered...

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