JETT v. FORD MOTOR CO.

9801-00538; A111123.

52 P.3d 441 (2002)

183 Or.App. 260

Trudy JETT and Ron Jett, Respondents, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Appellant, and Milligan Motors, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Defendant. Ford Motor Company, a Delaware corporation, and Milligan Motors, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Tim Testerman, dba Advanced Auto Detailing, Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John McCauley, Baltimore, Maryland, appearing pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were Karen O'Kasey, Richard K. Hansen, and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

James C. Tait, Oregon City, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Tait & Associates, Mark Bocci, and Pippin & Bocci.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and DEITS, Chief Judge, and SCHUMAN, Judge.


LANDAU, P.J.

Plaintiff Trudy Jett was injured in an accident as she loaded parcels on the job from a delivery truck that she drove for the United Parcel Service (UPS). She and her husband initiated this action for negligence and loss of consortium.1 Named as defendants were Ford Motor Company (Ford), the manufacturer of the truck, and Milligan Motors, Inc., the company that serviced it. Defendants asserted that the injury was caused by...

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