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FORD MOTOR CO. v. BURDESHAW

1931482.

661 So.2d 236 (1995)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. June BURDESHAW, as administratrix of the Estate of Robin Burdeshaw, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Franklin and Harlan I. Prater IV of Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, for appellant.

Kevin J. Hawkins of Hardin & Hawkins, Birmingham, for appellee.

INGRAM, Justice.

June Burdeshaw sued Ford Motor Company (hereinafter "Ford"), alleging that negligence on its part had caused the wrongful death of her husband, Robin Burdeshaw. Specifically, she contended that Ford negligently manufactured a defective automatic transmission shifter, and negligently designed and manufactured a defective brake system, on a 1978 Ford truck and that that negligence caused the death of her husband, when the truck's transmission slipped...

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