Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. General Tire and Rubber Company
Utah Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1955No. 8038PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDonough, chief justice.
Plaintiff, who operates a service station, suffered injury to his hand when a tire, manufactured by defendant, exploded as he was mounting it on a truck wheel. On the trial -of the case, the jury returned a verdict for'the plaintiff.in the amount of $14,889;' whereupon .the-court ruled upon a motion for a directed verdict, which it had previously taken under advisement, and set aside the verdict and judgment and gave judgment no cause of action in favor of the defendant.
The tiré which exploded had been in storage for some time in the warehouse of the Granite Furniture…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- New York Life Insurance v. McNeelyArizona Supreme Court · 1938
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1904
- Statler v. George A. Ray Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Mann v. Safeway Stores, Inc.Idaho Supreme Court · 1974
- Forry v. Gulf Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Berry v. Druid City Hospital BoardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Coyne v. John S. Tilley Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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