Townsend v. General Motors Corp.

The plaintiffs, James Edward Townsend, Jr., Jimmy Davenport, and Roy Price Heald, appeal from a summary judgment for the defendants, General Motors Corporation ("GM"), Pak-Mor Manufacturing Company, Inc. ("Pak-Mor"), Joe Money Machinery Company, Inc. ("Joe Money"), David J. Nolen, Jan Veal Kilgore, Eddie L. Taylor, Eugene L. Harrell, Mack Smith, and Eugene T. Greeson, in this action to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of a single-vehicle accident. We affirm.

The plaintiffs, garbage collectors employed by the City of Gadsden, were injured when the air brakes on a garbage truck…