Chambers v. General Motors Corp.

Plaintiffs appeal by leave granted from a directed verdict in this automobile products liability action.

The case arises out of an accident that occurred on June 20, 1974, while Sally Chambers was operating plaintiffs’ 1973 Pontiac LeMans, purchased new on March 9, 1973. After Sally Chambers put the LeMans’s automatic transmission in drive, the car unexpectedly surged forward out of her control and rammed into a tree. She sustained serious injuries.

Following plaintiffs’ proofs, the trial court granted defendants’ motion for directed verdicts on the basis that plaintiffs had failed to introduce…