Hunter v. Ford Motor Co.

These are appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered October 8, 1970 in Saratoga County, upon a verdict rendered at a Trial Term, and from orders of said court which denied defendants’ motions to set aside the verdict.

John Hunter purchased a Ford Econoline truck from defendant Trice-Juron Ford, Inc., a Ford dealer, in February, 1967 and accepted delivery of the truck in March. On June 4, 1967, while driving alone in the truck, he heard a sudden noise, “ the lower left section of the truck dropped onto the road, and the truck veered sharply to the left * * * tipped

over and went off…