MOORMAN v. AMERICAN SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Nos. 89-2554, 89-2565.

594 So.2d 795 (1992)

Thomas Duane MOORMAN, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. AMERICAN SAFETY EQUIPMENT, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and John Coyman and Robert Coyman, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

On Motion for Rehearing, Rehearing and Certification March 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edna L. Caruso of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach; William deForest Thompson of Thompson & O'Brien, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; and David E. French of David & French, Boca Raton, for appellant/cross-appellee.

R. Fred Lewis of Magill & Lewis, P.A., Miami, for appellee/cross-appellant American Safety Equipment.

David L. Wills of Vernis & Bowling, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees John Coyman and Robert Coyman.


On Motion for Rehearing, Rehearing En Banc and Certification March 18, 1992.

FARMER, Judge.

A seatbelt left its manufacturer without operational or safety defect but with the potential, which the manufacturer knew about, to develop such a defect through ordinary use. It was then incorporated by Ford into one of its trucks. After a passenger in the truck suffered catastrophic injuries, which the seatbelt could have avoided, he sued the manufacturer under the...

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