Legal Opinion
Richard Pass, Robert Dillard and Mrs. Robert Dillard v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 3, 1957No. 16365PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Each of the appellants filed a separate action against the appellee arising out of the “explosion” of a tubeless automobile tire. The three cases were consolidated for trial. Mrs. Dillard’s action was for loss of her conjugal rights as a result of the injuries sustained by her husband. Dillard owned and operated an automobile service station in Calhoun, Georgia, and Pass was his part time employee.
Dillard and Pass were engaged in putting a Firestone tubeless tire upon the rim of a wheel of an automobile belonging to one of Dillard’s customers, who had purchased the tire…
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