Two major auto com-
panies have been sued for
damages as a result of car
accident deaths. Toyota has
already been found guilty of
negligence and ordered to
pay $5 million in damages,
while Ford has just been
sued.

The families of three
teenagers burned to death in
a rear-end car collision are
seeking $113.8 million in
damages from Ford Motor
Co., claiming a 1965
Mustang involved in an
accident had at least nine
design defects.

U.S. District Judge Carl
O. Bue Jr. of Houston an-
nounced Tuesday afternoon
that obstacles had been
cleared for testimony to
begin today before a four-
man, two-woman jury.

“It is a significant case —
one that has some problems
in it legally,” Bue said.

Court officials have
scheduled at least eight days
for trial testimony, but some
court observers say the
hearing could take more
than two weeks.

Attorneys for the sur-
viving families allege the
Mustang, a popular model
manufactured by Ford, had
at least nine design defects,
including “a vulnerable
location of the fuel tank” and
a lack of a firewall barrier
between the trunk and the

rear seat.
The suit was filed by the
families of Hector D.

Arizmendi, 16, Carlos Luis
Garcia, 16, and David Lyssy,
17, following the March 12,
1978 accident. Katherine A.
Flint, who suffered severe
burns in the collision but
survived, also has joined the
lawsuit.

The suit claims Robert G.
Schach stopped his Mustang
along a Hidalgo County road
in south Texas and got out to
try to render aid to people
involved in a_ two-vehicle
accident.

Arizmendi and Garcia,
who remained in the
Mustang, were trapped
when it was hit from behind
by a car driven by Lyssy.

Arizmendi and Garcia
burned to death in the
Mustang and Lyssy, who
suffered severe burns, died
several days later in a county
hospital.

Flint, who was riding in
Lyssy’s car, also was burned.

Meanwhile, Toyota Motor
Co. must pay a family $5
million for the deaths of
three sisters in a fiery crash
two years ago, a _ Ford
Lauderdale circuit court jury
ruled.

The decision came after a
six-week trial before the
four-man, two woman panel,
which deliberated three
hours Tuesday before fin-

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action follows death

In two fiery car crashes

ding the world’s third largest
automaker negligent in the
deaths of Wendy, Denise
and Pamela Moll of Broward
County.

The girls’ parents, Betty
and Wayne Moll, had sought
$165 million from Toyota for
the deaths of their daughters
July 16, 1979, when their
1973 Toyota Corona was
rammed from the rear.

The gas tank exploded,
burning the three sisters to
death.

Toyota claimed its 1973 .

Corona was as safe as any

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