J. C. Lewis Motor Co. v. Simmons

Deen, Judge.

Simmons sued Lewis Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co. for damages received when a 1967 Ford diesel tractor manufactured by Ford and sold by its dealer Lewis Motors was wrecked and he sustained injuries. The wreck was occasioned by a collision when the steering wheel came off the drive shaft. The vehicle had been received new by Lewis Motors from Ford in December, 1966 and sold to Simmons’ employer September 25, 1968, after having been used as a demonstrator and driven approximately 1,100 miles. The wreck occurred the next day, at a time when the new owner had driven it less than 200…