Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Kubota Tractor Corp.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 27, 1994No. WD 48515PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
David Morrison was killed August 9, 1989 when his four-wheel model L-235 DT utility tractor, manufactured by Kubota Tractor Corporation (“Kubota”) and sold to him by O’Dell Tractor Company, Inc. (“O’Dell”), apparently rolled over on top of him as he was mowing the inside slope of a dam on a farm pond in rural Jackson County. He was survived by his parents, Clifton and Mildred Morrison, his wife, E. Jeanne Morrison, and two children, Paula J. Likens and Pamela Willig (“the Morrisons”). They sued for wrongful death on theories of negligence and strict Lability, claiming that the…
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