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OGLETREE v. NAVISTAR INTERN. TRANSP. CORP.

No. S97G1697.

500 S.E.2d 570 (1998)

269 Ga. 443

OGLETREE v. NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Mac Winburn, John Barrow, Winburn, Lewis & Barrow, P.C., Athens, for Jackie Conley Ogletree et al.

Richard B. North, Jr., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Atlanta, for Navistar International Transportation Corporation a/k/a International Harvester Company.

Robert Hutton Brown, III, Brown & Shamp, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

CARLEY, Justice.

The predecessor of Navistar International Transportation Corporation (Navistar) manufactured the cab and chassis of a fertilizer spreader truck. The owner of the truck backed it over Mrs. Jackie Ogletree's husband, causing his death. Mrs. Ogletree brought this wrongful death action, alleging that Navistar had a duty to install an audible back-up alarm on the vehicle. The case has a long appellate history, beginning with Ogletree v. Navistar Intl...

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