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~in~l manuf~act~~:~c:,~ b~~ l~ir~~tone ai~ei ii~c~r~x~rated by t'UI"~l ltlC() the 19fi8
_ Ford c~•ucl: which I~ord sold as i~~ ~nvn produ~.~ would require fi similar
ruli~i~; as t~ Che sufficie~l~,y of the com~lainr agafnst each uf these ~
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~ A ll~~nt~ contend ttn t the trial wurt erred in di~missin ~
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e~~ch of tt~e five c;ounts of the coniplaint. V~(c will coi~sider~each count~
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_ In cot~nt one plaintiffs seek to rew:r~~ on ttle conventional
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~Il~'UI'}~ of br~ac1~ ~f imp1iFd ~varrant}? a~ wc~l ~~s t1ie theor}~ of strict ~
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Iiability. ~ 1?4'c~ f~r?d the co:~nt sufficient u?~der an irnp~ic~d war~r~nty ~
tl~et>?-y, l~ is alle e~ in d~is count tl~at b z~asoi~ of im~ro r desi n
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- oz• manufacture by defcndan~s Forr~ and l~ixesr.one ~ne ~v~ieel and rim - t
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to ~rsons in the ~icir,i.ty of iCs pr.obaUly ~~se. 1'he dr;sign defects - ~
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tl~~ s~x.~::ified d~sit~n defects and the expiasi~~n of ~he rim off the - ~ ?
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~~!~eel resu'ting in plaintiffs' i.njury is assertpd. ~
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VVe find that ~he allegations c~f c~unt otY~ set fortl~ a - f
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_ sufficient _.?airr~ fo~- reiief for breaci~ of itnplied warranty iviihin the rule =
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coiitained_in ~he Restatement of Tvrts ~4~hich has been approved in ;
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- ~ _ Appellee ro~d contends that Florid~ cases un imp'ied warra~ity '
' prior to. adopti~r~ ~f ~l~e ~mnibus L:niform Commercial C~de wtiich be-
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c:ame 4ffective January 1, 196~, are no ~or~g~r relevant sinee the i
- L':11fOT"ili CoTnmcT•ciGl Cocle ~3re-en~~itecl this area ~vherc: ~?FpJ;cablc~, i
V4'e disagree witt~ this contention anc~ approve t~`~e ie«~ expr°ssed itz ;
-~he case of I=ord Motor Co. v. Pitp-n~n, 227 So. 2ci 24~ (Fla. App. I969), _
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adoptia~i of the Uniform C;~~~mercial G~de is still ~-iable. _ '
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