Whitehead v. American Motors Sales Corp.

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Defendants American Motors Sales Corporation and Jeep Corporation (AMC/Jeep) appeal a judgment awarded plaintiff Stephen Whitehead on a products liability claim.

On October 16,1979, Deborah Whitehead was driving south on 1-15 near Orem, Utah, in a 1972 Jeep Commando that she had borrowed from her father. Her husband, Stephen, was riding in the passenger seat. Defendant Larry Anderson was returning home from work, in his automobile, a short distance behind the Whiteheads. The Oldsmobile station wagon he was driving was traveling approximately fifteen miles per hour…