WHITEHEAD v. AMERICAN MOTORS SALES CORP.

No. 19695.

801 P.2d 920 (1990)

Stephen WHITEHEAD and Deborah Whitehead, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. AMERICAN MOTORS SALES CORPORATION and Jeep Corporation, Larry Anderson, Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Granted November 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Keith Rooker, Patricia W. Christensen, and Thomas B. Green, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Jackson Howard and Leslie W. Slaugh, Provo, for plaintiffs and appellees.


HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Defendants American Motors Sales Corporation and Jeep Corporation (AMC/Jeep) appeal a judgment awarded plaintiff Stephen Whitehead on a products liability claim.

On October 16, 1979, Deborah Whitehead was driving south on I-15 near Orem, Utah, in a 1972 Jeep Commando that she had borrowed from her father. Her husband, Stephen, was riding in the passenger seat. Defendant Larry Anderson was returning home from work, in his automobile...

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