VAUGHN v. MICHELIN TIRE CORP.

Nos. 14248, 14250.

756 S.W.2d 548 (1988)

Wayne VAUGHN and Karen Vaughn, his wife, and Norma Young, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. MICHELIN TIRE CORPORATION and S.A.F.E. DeNeumaticos Michelin, Defendants-Appellants. and Wayne VAUGHN and Karen Vaughn, his wife, and Norma Young, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRUXAN PARTS, INC., d/b/a "Tire Town", Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, En Banc.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied July 26, 1988.

As Modified July 26, 1988.

Application to Transfer Denied September 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Redfern, Paul G. White, Neale, Newman, Bradshaw & Freeman, Springfield, for defendants-appellants.

Thomas Strong, John Wooddell, Steve Garner, Strong & Wooddell, P.C., Springfield, for plaintiffs-appellants and plaintiffs-respondents.

Raymond E. Whiteaker, John E. Price, Woolsey, Fisher, Whiteaker & McDonald, Springfield, for defendant-respondent.


HOGAN, Judge.

These consolidated appeals arise out of a single products liability action. On August 16, 1978, plaintiff Wayne Vaughn was driving a fully-loaded dump truck eastbound on Missouri Highway 174. As Vaughn approached and came to a point about .2 miles east of the intersection of Highway 174 and Highway PP in Greene County, his left front tire, a Michelin tire, exploded. The truck went out of control, left the road and overturned. Vaughn's left leg was pinned...

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