Willis v. Medders

I,KIRBY, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Helen and Lewis Willis, appeal the trial court’s judgment granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Ford Motor Company and dismissing plaintiffs’ claims.

On August 29, 1989, Lewis Willis was injured when the Ford truck in which he was a passenger collided with a vehicle driven by David Medders. Plaintiffs filed suit against Medders, his employer, McDougall Company, and the manufacturer of the truck, Ford Motor Company. McDougall filed a third party demand against Gerald Wells, the driver of the truck in which Willis was riding, and Wells’ insurer, State Farm…