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JURZEC v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORP.

No. 87-5431.

856 F.2d 1116 (1988)

Danuta JURZEC, as Trustee for the heirs of Wieslaw Jurzec, Appellant, v. AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION, American Motors Sale Corporation, Jeep Corporation, The United States of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Richard Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

E. Roy Hawkens, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, and MAGILL Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

On November 23, 1984, Wieslaw Jurzec purchased a 1973 Jeep DJ-5, C model vehicle, a used Postal Service delivery truck. The Postal Service sold the jeep on April 19, 1983, to Shepard Iverson, who then sold the jeep to Patti Boekhoff, who, in turn, sold the jeep to Jurzec. On May 25, 1985, Jurzec died from injuries sustained when the jeep rolled over while making a turn.

In 1974, the Postal Service began selling surplus DJ-5 Jeeps to...

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