John Sedlack v. General Motors Corporation, a Corporation

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

In August, 1952, plaintiff purchased from a Cadillac dealer a combination Cadillac ambulance-funeral coach. On September 30, 1954, while operating the motor vehicle on an emergency call along a straight stretch of paved highway, the plaintiff claims the right front wheel assembly bent and collapsed causing the ambulance to overturn, resulting in severe personal injuries to plaintiff. Plaintiff’s theory in asking for damages was that defendant manufactured the ambulance with a defective A-frame in that it contained a longitudinal crack which caused the collapse of the front…