Trione v. Mike Wallen Standard, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge ROTHENBERG.

Plaintiffs, Jim and Marilyn Trione, appeal from the judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of defendants, Mike Wallen Standard, Inc. (Standard), James Bradley, and Dover Corporation. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

In July 1986, defendant Bradley, an employee of defendant Standard, was driving a tow track and towing a car to which he had attached an SW-33 steering wheel locking device. The locking device was designed, manufactured, and distributed by defendant Dover and secured the steering wheel of the towed vehicle to keep it from swaying from side to…