STAHLECKER v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. S-02-1004.

667 N.W.2d 244 (2003)

266 Neb. 601

Susan STAHLECKER and Dale Stahlecker, individually and as Special Administrators of the Estate of Amy M. Stahlecker, deceased, Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

August 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Rensch, of Raynor, Rensch & Pfeiffer, P.C., Omaha, for appellants.

Daniel P. Chesire and Raymond E. Walden, of Lamson, Dugan & Murray, L.L.P., Omaha, for appellee Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

John A. Svoboda, Omaha, of Gross & Welch, P.C., and George E. Wolf and Paul A. Williams, of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, for appellee Ford Motor Company.

Maren Lynn Chaloupka, of Chaloupka, Holyoke, Hofmeister, Snyder & Chaloupka, Scottsbluff, for amicus curiae Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


STEPHAN, J.

This is a civil action for damages resulting from the injury and wrongful death of Amy M. Stahlecker (Amy). Appellants, Susan Stahlecker and Dale Stahlecker, parents of the deceased and special administrators of her estate, alleged that during the early morning hours of April 29, 2000, Amy was driving a 1997 Ford Explorer equipped with Firestone Wilderness AT radial tires in a remote area of western Douglas County, Nebraska, when one of the tires failed...

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