Earnest v. Joe Works Chevrolet, Inc.

Steele Hays, Justice.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict for the defendant in a property damage claim.

In August, 1983, appellant Lloyd Earnest purchased a new 1983 truck from Joe Works Chevrolet. After a few weeks, appellant had trouble with the truck flooding and missing. Sometimes the car would surge forward while being driven and at times it failed to start. There was a problem of black smoke coming from the exhaust. Appellant took the truck to the dealer in January or February of 1984, and the fuel pump was replaced…