Legal Opinion
Gaines Lashley and Gaines Lashley as Next Friend of His Seven Minor Children v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1973No. 72-3724PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a Georgia diversity suit for wrongful death brought by the husband and seven minor children of the deceased against the defendant Ford Motor Company and one of its dealers Richardson Ford Motor Company.
The matter is a products liability case involving a Ford automobile sold by Richardson Ford to Gaines Lashley. His wife Margaret Lashley was driving the car alone when it was involved in an accident, not observed by any eyewitness, which resulted in her death. She was found in a field near the road on which she had been traveling. In the same field was the vehicle. However, the right…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Poppell v. WatersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
- STOVALL & COMPANY, INC. v. TateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
- Mrs. Hardy Horne v. Armstrong Products Corporation, and Sears, Roebuck and Company, Co-Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Lashley v. Ford Motor CompanyDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1972
3Cited by3 opinions
- Grady Michael Higginbotham, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross John Henry Lee and Veronica P. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Miles v. Bell Helicopter Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1974
- Grady Michael Higginbotham, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross John Henry Lee and Veronica P. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976