Legal Opinion
Lovas v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1954No. 11931PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, in her capacity as Ad-ministratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Nicholas Lovas, brought this action for damages by reason of the death of her husband in an automobile accident, which the complaint alleges was caused by the negligent construction and assembly by the appellee, General Motors Corporation, of the steering apparatus on a tractor driven by the decedent. At the close of all the evidence the District Judge directed a verdict for the appellee.
The tractor in question was sold on July 1, 1950 by a General Motors dealer to Harvey Harner, who…
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