Wilcheck v. Doonan Truck & Equipment, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This action was initiated as a products liability case involving a Model 71 Jacobs Engine Brake, used on diesel trucks. On March 17, 1969, a tractor-trailer truck in which Keith Wilcheck, (plaintiff-appellant) was a relief driver and passenger overturned as it rounded the second part of an “S” curve on a Tennessee state highway near Hombeck, Tennessee. The truck was being driven at the time by Ron Wilcheck, who was Keith’s brother. Keith Wilcheck sued four parties: The manufacturer of the Model 71 Jacobs Engine Brake, Jacobs Manufacturing…