Applegate v. Seaborn

This action arises from a two-vehicle collision in which an automobile driven by the plaintiff, Howard Applegate, was met head-on by a truck traveling in the opposite direction. Plaintiff filed negligence counts against the driver of the truck, Gilbert Seaborn, and the owner of the truck, Patrick Seaborn. He also filed a products liability count and a negligence count alleging negligent design and manufacture against the maker of the truck, General Motors Corp. Plaintiff’s theory in the counts pleaded against General Motors was that defects in the front differential housing of the truck…