Legal Opinion
Larkin Foster v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant-Third Party v. Horace F. Crew and Sonny Newkirk, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 15, 1980No. 77-2352, 77-2770PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Larkin Foster, while operating a Ford 5000 tractor, suffered personal injuries when a bale of hay slid off of the hayfork which had been attached to the tractor’s front-end loader. Foster brought this diversity suit against Ford seeking damages for the personal injuries. Ford filed a third-party complaint against Horace Crew, Foster’s employer, and W. L. (Sonny) New-kirk, the builder of the hayfork, asking for indemnification or, alternatively, contribution.
The jury found Ford strictly liable in tort 1 , and awarded a verdict for Foster in the amount of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Rourke v. GarzaTexas Supreme Court · 1975
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