HARRIS v. GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC.

Nos. 99-3815, 99-3818, 99-3820.

234 F.3d 398 (2000)

Allye M. HARRIS, Individually and as Guardian of Willie B. Harris, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees/Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Lee Niblock, argued, Fayetteville, AR, for appellant/cross-appellees.

Glen M. Darbyshire, argued, Savannah, GA (Robert L. Henry, III, D. Kieth Fortner, Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for appellee Great Dane Trailers.

Clifford W. Plunkett, argued, Little Rock, AR (Donald H. Bacon, on the brief), for appellees Sioux City Kenworth and Sioux Falls Kenworth.

Before: WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, LOKEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Willie Harris was catastrophically injured when his passenger car struck the rear of a trailer that was stopped at night on Interstate 55 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Willie's wife, Allye Harris ("Harris"), filed this action against the trailer manufacturer, Great Dane Trailers, Inc., and others, alleging inter alia that the trailer was defectively manufactured because it lacked reflective tape making its rear end visible and conspicuous...

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