Vaughn v. Michelin Tire Corp.

HOGAN, Judge.

These consolidated appeals arise out of a single products liability action. On August 16,1978, plaintiff Wayne Vaughn was driving a fully-loaded dump truck eastbound on Missouri Highway 174. As Vaughn approached and came to a point about .2 miles east of the intersection of Highway 174 and Highway PP in Greene County, his left front tire, a Michelin tire, exploded. The truck went out of control, left the road and overturned. Vaughn’s left leg was pinned beneath the hot exhaust pipe on the left side of the cab of the truck. He sustained serious, permanent and disabling physical…