Shepard v. Ford Motor Company
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENS, Commissioner.
The factual issue here is akin to the classic dispute about which came first, the chicken or the egg: Whether a mechanical defect caused the collision or the collision caused the mechanical defect. The legal issues concern defendant’s affirmative converse instruction and the submissibility of plaintiff’s case.
In summary, plaintiff’s car was rear-ended by Joseph Siliven’s logging truck. Siliven had bought the truck from Ross Ford Sales, Inc.; Ross had bought it from Ford Motor Company. Plaintiff sued Sil-iven, Ross and Ford for $12,500 and then settled with Siliven and…
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