HANKS v. COURTESY FORD SALES, INC.

89-852.

574 So.2d 731 (1990)

Oma Dean HANKS, as Administratrix of the Estate of William J. Hanks, Deceased v. COURTESY FORD SALES, INC., and Ford Motor Company.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Roden of Roden & Hayes, Birmingham, for appellant.

De Martenson and Prisca M. DeLeonardo of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for appellee Courtesy Ford Sales, Inc.

Harlan I. Prater IV and Jere F. White, Jr. of Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, and Gary L. Hayden and John M. Thomas, Gen. Counsel, for appellee Ford Motor Co.


PER CURIAM.

The Court finds that there was substantial evidence to make the issue of the government contractor defense a question for a jury to resolve. Therefore, the defendants' summary judgment based on that defense is reversed on the authority of Pietz v. Orthopedic Equipment Co., 562 So.2d 152 (Ala.1989), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 111 S.Ct. 75, 112 L.Ed.2d 48 (1990), and this cause is remanded for further proceedings...

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