Thornton v. Gray Automotive Parts Co.

William Thornton appeals from a judgment entered in his favor in a products Lability action against Gray Automotive Parts Company (“Gray”) for $450,000 but in which 95 percent of the fault was allocated to Thornton by the jury. Thornton contends: (1) that the jury verdict was inadequate; (2) that the court erred in giving a comparative fault instruction because it was not supported by the evidence and constituted a roving commission; (3) that the comparative fault instruction should not have been given because he was not a “user” of the jackstand manufactured by Gray; (4) that the trial court…