Legal Opinion
Sellon v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 28, 1983No. Civ. A. 79-611PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge:
Plaintiffs, Orville Sellon and Levi Baggs, administrator of the Estate of Alice Baggs, have brought suit against General Motors Corporation (“GMC”) for negligence, breach of warranty, fraud and strict liability in tort. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant improperly designed the fuel storage system of a 1973 Oldsmobile Omega which is alleged to have exploded in a rear-end collision which resulted in the death of Alice Baggs and injury to Sellon. Plaintiffs seek to recover compensatory and punitive damages. Jurisdiction is present pursuant to 28…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Friday v. SmootSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Binkley Company v. Teledyne Mid-America CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1971
- The Binkley Company v. Teledyne Mid-America CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Cline v. Prowler Industries of MaryLand, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1980
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Certainteed Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1986
- Hobart E. Rosen, Norma Rosen, and Frances Lipman v. Ira Spanierman and Ira Spanierman GalleryCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Pack & Process, Inc. v. Celotex Corp.Superior Court of Delaware · 1985
- Hazel v. General Motors Corp.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1994
- L.R. Foy Construction Co. v. South Dakota State Cement Plant CommissionSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
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