Legal Opinion
Soden v. Freightliner Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1983No. 82-1178PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
The defendant-appellant, Freightliner Corporation, appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs-appellees, the Sodens, in this Texas law diversity action based on products liability. The plaintiffs-appellees are the widow and two children of Willard C. Soden, who was killed in a post-collision fuel fire while driving a truck designed and manufactured by Freightliner. The Sodens claimed that the design of the Freightliner fuel system was unreasonably dangerous and was the producing cause of the post-collision fuel fire which killed Willard C.…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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