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Browder v. Pettigrew

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 30, 1976PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

These are products liability actions arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on March 24, 1971, on U.S. Highway 64 in McNairy County, Tennessee. Petitioner, Mrs. Dean Browder, filed a complaint against the Ford Motor Company and a retail Ford dealer, James Pettigrew, d/b/a Pettigrew Motor Company, alleging that she had sustained personal injuries in a one-car accident caused by the collapse of the A-frame supporting the right front wheel of the 1971 model Mach I Mustang automobile in which she was riding as a passenger. The complaint charges the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.California Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Elmore v. American Motors Corp.California Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Scanlon v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1974
  5. Ford Motor Company v. LononTennessee Supreme Court · 1966

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. Bethie Pride v. Bic Corporation Societe Bic, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  2. Seavers v. Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  3. prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 12,741 Diane Goins, Administratrix of Bessie Mae Sheppard, Deceased v. The Clorox Company Boyle-Midway Household Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  4. Benson v. Tennessee Valley Electric CooperativeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  5. Coffey v. Dowley Manufacturing, Inc.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 2002

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