Legal Opinion
Mathes v. Sher Express, L.L.C.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 20, 2006No. WD 65524PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.
Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) appeals a wrongful death judgment in this case involving a chain collision that resulted in the deaths of John Mathes’s son and parents. Mathes claimed that the defective design of decedents’ Ford F-150 pickup truck, and more specifically the fuel tank system, caused their deaths by fire. Ford asserts four points of error: (1) Mathes failed to make a submissible case, because no substantial evidence showed that the alleged product defects in the F-150 caused the deaths; (2) the jury instruc tions failed to use a general verdict form,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon HospitalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Hudson v. CarrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- Thomas Polk v. Ford Motor Company, Ethel Lee Marshall, Guardian v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Alcorn v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 2001
- Glick Ex Rel. McGinty v. Ballentine Produce Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1965
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3Cited by24 opinions
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