Snider v. Bob Thibodeau Ford, Inc

Plaintiff Walter Snider purchased from defendant Bob Thibodeau Ford, Inc. a new truck manufactured by defendant Ford Motor Company. The truck was purchased for use in Snider’s business of delivering advertising circulars to boys, who in turn made local deliveries.

Snider testified that on the day of the accident, while proceeding north on Mound Road in Detroit, he applied the brakes, discovered that the brake pedal slipped to the floor without meeting any resistance, and, in order to avoid striking other vehicles, he swerved onto the median and struck a tree.

Snider brought this action against…