Hanlon v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

Plaintiffs’ appeal from the Court of Appeal’s affirmance of a jury verdict of no cause of action in this products liability case.1

Plaintiffs commenced this action in Wayne County Circuit Court to recover damages for bodily injuries sustained in 1965 when their automobile went out of control after a blowout in its left front tire. Plaintiffs alleged that the blowout resulted from the defective manufacture of the tire. Defendant denied liability. It argued that the tire failure was caused by a cut from a foreign object and was not the result of any defect present in the tire.

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On December 10,…