Michigan Mutual Liability Insurance v. Fruehauf Corp.

D. E. Holbrook, Jr., J.

This action arises out of the collapse and destruction of a 1968 Fruehauf dump trailer on February 25, 1968. Defendant designed and manufactured the trailer which plaintiffs subrogor, S. D. Solomon & Sons, had in its rightful possession and was operating on the date of the accident.

A jury trial was held in October, 1973 and resulted in an award of $8,000, being the amount of damages previously stipulated by the parties. The plaintiffs’ theory was that there existed a latent defect, not visually apparent or discoverable without the aid of a trained expert equipped with…