Legal Opinion
Friend v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 22, 1968No. 43756, 43757PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Presiding Judge.
The Friends, husband and wife, filed separate actions against General Motors Corporation and Fred Jones, d/b/a Fred Jones Chevrolet Company, for damages arising out of the same incident. In 1962 the husband purchased from Jones a new Greenbriar truck manufactured by General Motors. In 1963, while he was driving in the rain on a public highway, with his wife as a passenger on the right front seat, and with a load of luggage and photographic equipment weighing less than 300 pounds in the storage area behind the front' seats, he lost control of the vehicle. It left the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Harper v. DeFreitasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- Wood v. Hub Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Atlanta Americana Motor Hotel Corp. v. Sika Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
3Cited by35 opinions
- Martha Ann Brundage Rozier v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Thomas Polk v. Ford Motor Company, Ethel Lee Marshall, Guardian v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Ford Motor Co. v. StubblefieldCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- Helen L. Huff, Administratrix of the Estate of Jessee Huff, Deceased v. White Motor CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Grady Michael Higginbotham, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross John Henry Lee and Veronica P. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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