FORD v. UNIROYAL GOODRICH TIRE CO.

Nos. S95G1892, S95G1897.

476 S.E.2d 565 (1996)

267 Ga. 226

FORD v. UNIROYAL GOODRICH TIRE CO., et al. FORD v. UNIROYAL GOODRICH TIRE CO., et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy, Murphy & Garner, Thomas B. Murphy, Bremen, Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Byrd, Lawrence C. Walker, Jr., Charles W. Byrd, Perry, Smolar, Roseman, Brantley & Seifter, Yehuda Smolar, Barry L. Roseman, G. Grant Brantley, James I. Seifter, Thomas A. Rice, Atlanta, William B. Herndon, Marietta, Calvin S. Graves, Gambrell & Stolz, Irwin W. Stolz, Jr., Seaton D. Purdom, Atlanta, for appellants.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Michael E. Hobbs, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Alston & Byrd, G. Conley Ingram, Cynthia L. Counts, R. Wayne Thorpe, Love & Willingham, Daryll Love, Allen S. Willingham, Clark S. Gillespy, John A. Gilleland, Robert P. Monyak, Johnson, Kane & Penna, Stephen R. Kane, Atlanta, for appellees.

David W. Boone, Craig, T. Jones, Atlanta, James O. Wilson, Jr., Savannah, William R. Waldrop, Lawrence J. Pond, Atlanta, Raymond J. Doumar, Augusta, James D. Hollingsworth, Decatur, amici curiae.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Franklin Ford, III, and his parents filed separate products liability actions against Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company and NTW for injuries received when a car hit their stalled van on an interstate highway. The trial court ordered the two actions to begin on the same day with separate juries empaneled for each case to hear all common evidence. Although both juries found Uniroyal liable and awarded...

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