Rock Island Bank & Trust Co. v. Ford Motor Co.

James Haskins and Odie Dowdy were killed and Clarence Wayne Kemp was injured in an automobile collision. Plaintiffs allege that injuries were primarily due to a rear-end collision which resulted in a fire in plaintiff Wayne Kemp’s auto. Counts of negligence and breach of warranty were pled, averring that the fuel tank of the 1965 Ford was of inadequate construction and design, constituting a dangerous condition upon the occurrence of a rear-end collision.

The pretrial judge granted plaintiff’s motion pursuant to GCR 1963, 310.1(1) for the production of test reports, movies, and photographs…