Garmo v. General Motors Corp.

This is a products liability case. After the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, Margaret Garmo, the trial court granted defendant, General Motors Corporation, judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Plaintiff appeals. Defendant, pursuant to GCR 1963, 812.8, also raises issues for our consideration.

At trial, plaintiff’s evidence established she was a passenger in a Pontiac automobile owned and operated by Gina Shouneyia. The car had been purchased 4-1/2 months earlier from a dealership in Detroit, Michigan, and had been driven about 8,000 miles when the accident in question occurred.

Gina…