Tuma v. Ford Motor Co.

The complaint herein sets forth four causes of action against the defendants Ford Motor Company and Douglas W. Van Etten, Sr. (an authorized Ford dealer), whereby the plaintiff, individually and as administrator, seeks to recover damages in connection with the death of his wife and injuries to his so-called Comet automobile, manufactured by the first-named defendant and sold to the plaintiff by the second defendant. The allegations of the complaint charge, substantially, that on October 2, 1960, while the said automobile was being operated carefully by the plaintiff’s wife, a defect in its…