Tennis v. General Motors Corp.

TITUS, Judge.

Plaintiff sued General Motors Corporation (General Motors) and Universal Tool & Stamping Co., Inc. (Universal) for damages resulting from personal injuries received when a Chevrolet Caprice automobile, on which he was installing shock absorbers, fell as the result of an allegedly defective bumper jack manufactured by Universal and furnished by General Motors. Plain*221tiff’s claims were predicated on defendants’ strict liability per § 402A, 2 Restatement of Torts 2d as adopted in Keener v. Dayton Electric Manufacturing Company, 445 S.W.2d 362 (Mo.1969). The jury’s verdicts were in…