Brad Jenkins v. Chrysler Motors Corporation and Daimler Chrysler Corporation

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

After a night on the town, with a blood alcohol level three times above the legal limit, Brad Jenkins passed out in his friend’s 1995 Dodge Ram pickup, apparently soon after starting it. We don’t know how long Jenkins, who was alone in the truck, was asleep, but the pickup eventually caught on fire. The fire was severe, as the interior of the cab was incinerated and Jenkins suffered burns to 20 percent of his body.

Jenkins filed a products liability suit against the manufacturer of the pickup, Chrysler Motors Corporation and Daimler Chrysler Corporation, in the…