Legal Opinion
Slone v. General Motors Corp.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 21, 1995No. Record 940881PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
*522I.
In this appeal of a judgment in a product liability action, we consider whether a plaintiff, who was injured when a dump truck he was operating “rolled over,” has a viable cause of action against the manufacturers of the truck and the dump truck bed sufficient to withstand a motion for summary judgment.
II
The appellate record is presented to us in an unfamiliar procedural posture. The trial court granted the defendants’ joint motion for summary judgment at the pleading stage of this proceeding; accordingly, there has been no trial on the merits. The trial court relied upon facts developed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Featherall v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Logan v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- Turner v. Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1975
- Bloodworth v. EllisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
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