Legal Opinion
Caldwell v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 30, 1981PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKS, Judge.
In this products liability case, Ford Motor Company appeals a verdict of damages for personal injuries for $150,000.00 awarded by a jury to plaintiff on the theory of strict liability against Ford Motor Co., the manufacturer of a pickup truck.
Plaintiff Caldwell is a home builder and was in the process of transporting a load of building materials to a job site when his truck suddenly caught fire. Plaintiff was injured while hurriedly unloading the building materials from the bed of his newly-purchased Ford pickup truck, after the fire had broken out in the engine area of…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Wagner v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Stewart v. Jefferson Plywood CompanyOregon Supreme Court · 1970
- Crabtree Masonry Co. v. C & R Construction, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Wyatt v. Winnebago Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1977
- Ellithorpe v. Ford Motor CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Hurt v. Coyne Cylinder Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corp.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1986
- Anderson v. Westfield GroupTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
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