Legal Opinion
Leaf v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 24, 1999No. 97-950PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
Christopher Leaf sued the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for personal injuries based on strict liability, and Goodyear appealed from the resulting judgment. We affirm.
I. Facts and Proceedings.
We recite the facts as a jury could reasonably have found them. Leaf, who was an employee of Whyte’s Tire Center, was injured when a Goodyear tire ruptured while Leaf was working on it. The original tread on Goodyear’s tire had worn out, and it was retreaded at Jack’s OK Tire Service and sent to Whyte’s Tire Center. Leaf removed the old tire from its rim and replaced it with the retreaded…
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- State v. CopelandWashington Supreme Court · 1996
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