Rix v. Reeves

OPINION

DONOFRIO, Acting Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of Maricopa County where the defendant, Billy Joe Reeves, was granted a motion for a directed verdict on the question of his liability for injuries received by the appellant, Alice B. Rix, when she was struck by a ring which “exploded off” of a lock ring wheel which Reeves, a used automobile parts dealer, had sold to Mrs. Rix’s friend, James Banks, for use on his pickup truck.

We are called upon to determine whether there was sufficient evidence presented in the trial court which would have supported a recovery…