Thomas E. Maneely and Arbalundra L. Chambliss v. General Motors Corporation

OPINION

TROTT, Chief Judge.

Thomas E. Maneely and Arbalundra L. Chambliss (“Appellants”) were seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident that occurred while they were riding in the cargo bed of a GMC pickup truck. We must determine whether they presented sufficient evidence, when confronted with a motion for summary judgment, to raise a genuine issue of material fact regarding whether the dangers of riding unrestrained in the open cargo bed of a moving pickup truck are obvious and generally known to the ordinary user, and whether GMC made an affirmation of fact or a promise in its…