GARTMAN v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. CA11-974.

2012 Ark.App. 693

MICHAEL GARTMAN and KEMAL KUTAIT, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Rebecca Kutait, deceased, APPELLANTS, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and CRAIN FORD LINCOLN MERCURY, APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division I.

Opinion Delivered December 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, LLP, by: Gerald M. "Tracy" Johnson, III , for appellant Kemal Kutait.

John Cole , local counsel for appellants.

Lakinchapman, LLC, by: Bradley M. Lakin and Gail G. Renshaw , for appellant Michael Gartman.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, LLP by: Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. , and Gary D. Marts, Jr. , for appellees.


JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

Appellant Michael Gartman sustained injuries when the Ford truck he was driving left the highway, crashed, and caught fire. Gartman's passenger, Rebecca Kutait, did not survive the accident. In 2007, Gartman and appellant Kemal Kutait, Rebecca's father, sued the truck's manufacturer, appellee Ford Motor Company (Ford), and the truck's seller, appellee Crain Ford Lincoln Mercury (Crain), asserting theories of strict liability, negligence...

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