Cordell Ex Rel. Cordell v. Ward School Bus Manufacturing, Inc.

EWELL, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs below from a jury verdict in an action based solely on the theory of strict liability in tort.

The suit was filed by James R. Cordell Jr. by his next friend and father, James R. Cordell Sr., and by James R. Cordell Sr., individually, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by James R. Cor-dell Jr. when he fell or jumped from a school bus designed, manufactured and sold by the defendant, Ward School Bus Manufacturing, Inc. The plaintiffs claimed that the design of the main entry door opening mechanism on the bus was defective and…