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DEARIE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 90-CA-828.

583 So.2d 28 (1991)

Hugh George DEARIE, Jr. v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and Lamarque Ford, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Norton, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Pulaski, Gieger & Laborde, Robert W. Maxwell, New Orleans, and Gary L. Hayden, Ford Motor Co., Office of the General Counsel, Dearborn, Mich., for defendantsappellees.

Before GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ., and FINK, J. Pro Tem.

ELORA C. FINK, Judge Pro Tem.

In June 1986 Hugh Dearie suffered severe personal injuries when he was dragged and run over by a 1974 Ford Maverick automobile that started forward as he was attempting to climb into the driver's seat. He sued the manufacturer (Ford Motor Company) and the dealer from which his daughter bought the vehicle as a used car in 1979 (Lamarque Ford, Inc.), alleging the car's transmission had moved from neutral gear to "drive" on its own and was...

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