General Motors Corp. v. Castaneda

I respectfully dissent to the court’s disposition of ultimate and controlling evidentiary issues while simultaneously upholding the venue challenge and remanding the case to the proper county for trial.

We are concerned with venue questions. The plaintiff, Sylvia Castaneda, filed a products liability suit against General Motors Corporation (GM) and a negligence action against Joe Taylor Stone, the driver of the car involved in an intersection collision with her car. The jury found GM 75 percent negligent and Stone 25 percent negligent and awarded substantial damages to the plaintiff. The trial…