WILLIAMS v. DEERE & CO.

No. 11269.

598 S.W.2d 609 (1980)

Archie WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. DEERE AND COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and for Transfer Denied May 14, 1980.

Application to Transfer Denied June 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Welborn, James E. Spain, Briney, Welborn & Spain, Bloomfield, for plaintiff-respondent.

W. H. Winchester, III, Blanton, Rice, Sickal, Gilmore & Winchester, Sikeston, for defendant-appellant.


PREWITT, Judge.

In this action, based on strict liability in tort, plaintiff received a $75,000.00 jury verdict and judgment. He claimed that due to a defect, a tractor manufactured by defendant rolled and injured him after he had placed its gearshift lever in "park" before alighting from it.

Defendant claims the trial court erred in not directing a verdict for it because: (a) there was no evidence of a defect in...

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