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BLANKENSHIP v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 19708.

428 F.2d 1006 (1970)

Betty Jean BLANKENSHIP, Administratrix of the Estate of Jack Blankenship, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyman Rosen, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant; Rosen & Rosen by Joseph E. Rosen, Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief.

Edward J. Utz, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellee; James Gustin, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief; Ross L. Malone, Gen. Counsel General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

Before EDWARDS and BROOKS, Circuit Judges, and O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

BROOKS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in a wrongful death action. Plaintiff-appellant is the widow of Jack Blankenship, a truck driver, who sustained fatal injuries when a new Chevrolet truck he was loading onto his vehicle carrier rolled forward and pinned him against the carrier. Plaintiff alleged that the cause of the accident was a defective hand brake on the Chevrolet truck which permitted it to roll forward even after the brake was applied...

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