Legal Opinion
Rudd v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 19, 2001No. CIV. A. 00-T-105-EPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
In this civil action, plaintiff Douglas Norman Rudd brings suit to recover damages from defendant General Motors Corporation (“GM”) for injuries sustained when a fan blade on Rudd’s 1970 GM pickup truck broke loose and struck him while he was in front of the vehicle’s open hood. Jurisdiction over this diversity action is proper under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332. This case is currently before the court on a summary-judgment motion by GM, which, for reasons set forth below, will be granted in part and denied in part.
I. BACKGROUND
On February 2, 2000, Rudd filed a…
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