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- Title: Michael Carmen Caudle v. Bill Patridge
- Author : Supreme Court of Alabama
- Release Date : January 27, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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Plaintiff Michael Carmen Caudle appeals from summary judgments in favor of defendants Bill Patridge, d/b/a Off-Road Birmingham,
and Eastwood Ford, Inc., in his products liability suit against them. 1 At issue is a "conversion kit" sold by Patridge,
which was used to convert a 1973 Ford Courier truck from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive; the truck was later traded and
Eastwood Ford subsequently sold the truck as modified. Caudle was severely injured when the truck flipped over while he was
a passenger in it. Michael McCullars initially purchased the truck in 1982 and spoke with Patridge, the operator of a business known as Off-Road
Birmingham, shortly thereafter about converting the truck's driving mechanism. Pursuant to their conversation, Patridge ordered
a conversion kit from Low Manufacturing, Inc. 2 After receiving the kit, Patridge opened it, with McCullars, to make sure
all of the parts were present. The service manual that came with the kit contained this admonition: