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FORD MOTOR CO. v. REESE

No. A09A0871.

684 S.E.2d 279 (2009)

300 Ga. App. 82

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. REESE et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

September 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, Philippa V. Ellis, Derrick L. Bingham, Atlanta, for appellant.

Daughtrey, Crawford, Fuller & Brown, Peter J. Daughtrey, Dustin T. Brown, Columbus, Peter A. Law, Atlanta, Ernest M. Moran, Albert H. Dallas, Thomson, for appellee.

BERNES, Judge.

Mary Bessie Reese was paralyzed and died 22 days after the 1994 Ford Tempo she was driving was rear-ended by a dump truck. Her surviving children brought this wrongful death and survival action against Ford Motor Company in which they contended that Reese's seatback collapsed in the rear impact due to a defective design, causing Reese to suffer more severe injuries than she otherwise would have suffered in...

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