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WILLIAMS v. SMART CHEVROLET CO.

No. 86-304.

730 S.W.2d 479 (1987)

292 Ark. 376

Jerrie L. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. SMART CHEVROLET CO. and General Motors Corp., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Hall, Jr., Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings by James Moody, Barber, McCaskill, Amsler, Jones & Hale by Robert L. Henry, Little Rock, for appellees.

HOLT, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Jerrie L. Williams, was driving her new car when the door swung open and she fell out, injuring herself. She filed a lawsuit against appellee Smart Chevrolet Co., from whom she bought the car, and against appellee General Motors Corp., the manufacturer of the car, on product liability and tort theories. The trial court granted both appellees' motions for directed verdicts at the close of Williams' proof. It is from that order that...

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