Legal Opinion
Best v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided December 28, 2001No. COA00-1083PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYANT, Judge.
Plaintiff, Geraldine A. Best, and her husband were injured on 4 September 1996 when their 1995 Ford Lincoln Town car was struck by a vehicle driven by Roderick Lane Hart, an employee of Westport Corporation. The passenger-side air bag deployed, striking plaintiff in the face and causing serious bodily injury. The air bag was designed and manufactured by TRW, Inc. Plaintiffs car was purchased from Sam Johnson’s Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., which had purchased the car from Ford.
On 1 August 1997, plaintiff and her husband signed a Covenant Not to Execute [Covenant]1 in consideration of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pembee Mfg. Corp. v. Cape Fear Const. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
- Koontz v. City of Winston-SalemSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- Gaunt v. PittawayCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
- Cunningham v. BrownCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981
- Caudill v. CHATHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Weaver v. Saint Joseph of the Pines, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2007
- Van Keuren v. LittleCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2004
- Sudds v. GillianCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2002
- Rcjj, LLC v. Rcwil Enters., LLCNorth Carolina Business Court · 2016
- Best v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2001
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