Legal Opinion
Prokolkin v. General Motors Corporation
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 2, 1976PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacDonald, J.
The plaintiff, who suffered personal injuries in an automobile accident and who also paid certain sums of money to settle the claims of passengers who suffered injuries in the same accident in the automobile owned and operated by him, seeks by this appeal to reinstate two jury verdicts which awarded him damages of $12,000 for his personal injuries and $18,375 by way of indemnification. Recovery in each instance was premised upon the strict products liability of the defendant, General Motors Corporation, the manufacturer of the automobile owned and operated by the plaintiff at the time of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Rossignol v. Danbury School of Aeronautics, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Vilcinskas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Handler v. Remington Arms Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
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