Betty Jean Blankenship, Administratrix of the Estate of Jack Blankenship, Deceased v. General Motors Corporation

BROOKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a wrongful death action. Plaintiff-appellant is the widow of Jack Blankenship, a truck driver, who sustained fatal injuries when a new Chevrolet truck he was loading onto his vehicle carrier rolled forward and pinned him against the carrier. Plaintiff alleged that the cause of the accident was a defective hand brake on the Chevrolet truck which permitted it to roll forward even after the brake was applied. In accordance with this theory of the accident, she sued General Motors alleging negligence and breach of implied warranty of…