Legal Opinion
Brown v. General Electric Corp.
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided December 3, 1986No. Civ.A. 86-5-COL, 86-119-COLPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ELLIOTT, District Judge.
In Civil Action No. 86-5 above identified the Plaintiff, Otto Brown, a fireman, alleges that a defective coffee maker manufactured by the Defendant, General Electric, was the initiating cause of a residential fire and that he was injured while fighting the fire, and he seeks to recover damages from the Defendant based on theories of negligence and product liability. In Civil Action No. 86-119 Brenda Brown, the wife of Otto Brown, has brought a separate lawsuit against General Electric for loss of consortium. Both cases…
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