Warren v. General Motors Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL

VARNER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs were the driver, passengers, and representatives of deceased passengers, who were injured or killed in an automobile accident. There was evidence for the Plaintiffs which tended to show that, though the car was but a few weeks old, the steering gear on the car was defective because of sand therein and that the accident was the proximate result of the defective steering mechanism. Plaintiff-Driver, however, admitted that the car had been repaired by persons, other than the agents of the Defendant,…