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BEST v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. COA00-1083.

557 S.E.2d 163 (2001)

Geraldine A. BEST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Sam Johnson's Lincoln Mercury, Inc. and TRW, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace & Graham, P.A., by Richard J. Lutzel, Salisbury, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., by Kirk G. Warner and Johanna Searle Fowler, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Ford Motor Co.

Lawrence M. Baker, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee Sam Johnson's Lincoln Mercury, Inc.

Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., by Paul J. Osowski, Charlotte, and Lord, Bissell & Brook, by David R. Reed, for defendant-appellee TRW, Inc.

BRYANT, Judge.

Plaintiff, Geraldine A. Best, and her husband were injured on 4 September 1996 when their 1995 Ford Lincoln Town car was struck by a vehicle driven by Roderick Lane Hart, an employee of Westport Corporation. The passenger-side air bag deployed, striking plaintiff in the face and causing serious bodily injury. The air bag was designed and manufactured by TRW, Inc. Plaintiff's car was purchased from Sam Johnson's Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., which had purchased...

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