WORLDWIDE EQUIPMENT, INC. v. MULLINS

Nos. 1997-CA-001131-MR, 1997-CA-001178-MR.

11 S.W.3d 50 (1999)

WORLDWIDE EQUIPMENT, INC., Appellant, v. Fairley MULLINS, Administrator of the Estate of Thomas G. Mullins, Appellee. Mack Trucks, Inc., Appellant, v. Fairley Mullins, Administrator of the Estate of Thomas G. Mullins; and James Darin Thornsberry, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court February 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lionel A. Hawse, Benjamin Cowgill, Jr., Lexington, Brief for Mack Trucks, Inc.

William A. Watson, Middlesboro, Brief for Worldwide Equipment, Inc.

Peter Perlman, Lexington, Brief for Fairly Mullins, Administrator of the Estate of Thomas G. Mullins.

Stephen M. O'Brien, III, Louis W. Rom, Lexington, Brief for James Darin Thornsberry.

Before: COMBS, KNOPF, and KNOX, Judges.


OPINION

KNOX, Judge:

This is a negligence and strict liability case. Mack Trucks, Inc. (Mack), and Worldwide Equipment, Inc. (Worldwide), appeal from the order and judgment of the Knott Circuit Court following a jury trial on the issues of, inter alia: (1) manufacture and sale of a product which was in a defective and unreasonably dangerous condition to other motorists; (2) negligence in failure to...

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