Legal Opinion

Ford Motor Company v. Matthews

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 11, 1974No. 47389PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

291 So.2d 169 (1974)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

v.

Ethel MATTHEWS, Administratrix of Estate of Earnest Matthews, Deceased.

No. 47389.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 11, 1974.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1974.

Watkins & Eager, Hassell H. Whitworth, Elizabeth W. Hulen, Jackson, for appellant.

Farese, Farese, Jones & Farese, Ashland, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This is a products liability suit in a wrongful death action. It was filed by the estate of Earnest Matthews in the Circuit Court of Benton County, Mississippi, against Ford Motor Company and Ray Brothers Tractor Company, Inc. During…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State Stove Manufacturing Company v. HodgesMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Heaton v. Ford Motor Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Ford Motor v. WagonerTennessee Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Balido v. Improved MacHinery, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1972
  5. EI DuPONT DE NEM. & CO. v. LadnerMississippi Supreme Court · 1954

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3Cited by74 opinions

  1. Little v. Liquid Air Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  3. Elbie Mozingo, Cross-Appellee v. Correct Manufacturing Corporation and G.W. Way, Correct Manufacturing Corporation, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  4. Daniels v. GNB, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Fields v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976

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