DERFLINGER v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 88-1509.

866 F.2d 107 (1989)

Donald E. DERFLINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 25, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennon C. Walden, Jr. (Walden & Walden, P.C., Blackstone, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

David Henry Worrell, Jr. (William H. King, Jr., McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, Va., John M. Thomas, Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOYLE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied February 22, 1989.

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

Donald E. Derflinger, Sr., appeals from entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Ford Motor Company, assigning error to the district court's ruling that lack of privity barred his action. In Pierce v. Ford Motor Co., 190 F.2d 910, 913-15 (4th Cir.1951), we held that despite lack of privity, Virginia imposed liability...

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