Legal Opinion
Ford Motor Co. v. Burdeshaw
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 12, 1995No. 1931482PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
June Burdeshaw sued Ford Motor Company (hereinafter "Ford"), alleging that negligence on its part had caused the wrongful death of her husband, Robin Burdeshaw. Specifically, she contended that Ford negligently manufactured a defective automatic transmission shifter, and negligently designed and manufactured a defective brake system, on a 1978 Ford truck and that that negligence caused the death of her husband, when the truck's transmission slipped out of "neutral" into "reverse" and caused the truck to crush him against a loading dock. Ford argued that the accident was not due to any…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- General Motors Corp. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
- Elba Wood Products, Inc. v. BrackinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
- Senn v. Alabama Gas Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Mason and Dixon Lines, Inc. v. ByrdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Stokes v. Long-Lewis Ford, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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