Doupnik v. General Motors Corp.
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, Acting P. J.
Defendant General Motors Corporation (General Motors) challenges a jury verdict which found that a defect in the welds of a roof pillar of a car it manufactured was a legal cause of its collapse in an accident, rendering plaintiff Gary Doupnik a quadriplegic (causing thereby a loss of consortium to his wife, plaintiff Sally Doupnik).
The accident occurred when Gary Doupnik, while intoxicated, lost control of his Oldsmobile; it left the road and plunged down a rocky embankment and overturned, coming to rest on its roof. The driver’s side of the roof collapsed from the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Daly v. General Motors Corp.California Supreme Court · 1978
- Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp.California Supreme Court · 1972
- See v. North American Accident InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1923
- Stewart v. CoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Self v. General Motors Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1974
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