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OGLETREE v. NAVISTAR INTERN. TRANSP.

No. S99G0770.

522 S.E.2d 467 (1999)

271 Ga. 644

OGLETREE et al. v. NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winburn, Lewis & Barrow, Gene Mac Winburn, John J. Barrow, Athens, for appellants.

Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Richard B. North, Jr., Scott P. Hilsen, Atlanta, for appellee.

Brown & Shamp, Robert H. Brown III, King & Spalding, Chilton D. Varner, Philip E. Holladay, Jr., Amy M. Power, Atlanta, amici curiae.

CARLEY, Justice.

The owner of a fertilizer spreader truck backed it over Mrs. Jack Ogletree's husband, causing his death. Mrs. Ogletree brought this wrongful death action, alleging that Navistar International Transportation Corporation (Navistar), as manufacturer of the truck's cab and chassis, had negligently breached a duty to install an audible back-up alarm on the vehicle. At trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor...

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