Legal Opinion
Andrew Green, Individually and as Next Friend of Tammy K. Green, a Minor v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1973No. 72-2224PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant’s cause of action on behalf of his minor daughter was dismissed on motion for summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Appellant’s brief complaint stated that his daughter, Tammy, then 11 years old, had lost a finger when she was “passing the left rear body panel of said automobile, her right ring finger became caught in a body vent where a sharp concealed piece of metal severed her finger through the proximal phalanx.”
The complaint also alleged that defendant was the United States sales subsidiary for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van SteinburgMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
- Piercefield v. Remington Arms Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1965
- Spence v. Three Rivers Builders & Masonry Supply, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by13 opinions
- John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western GermanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- John T. Demars v. General Dynamics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Ford Motor Company v. EvanchoSupreme Court of Florida · 1976
- Huddell v. LevinDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1975
- Patricia Venezia, Individually, and as She is Next Friend of Louis Venezia, a Minor v. Miller Brewing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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