Legal Opinion

General Motors Corp. v. Kilgore

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 20, 2002No. 1002149PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

853 So.2d 171 (2002)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

v.

Charles W. KILGORE et al.

1002149.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 20, 2002.

Frank E. Lankford, Jr., of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellant.

Martin K. Berks of Environmental Attorneys Group, L.L.C., Birmingham, for appellees.

BROWN, Justice.

General Motors Corporation ("GMC") appeals from the Colbert Circuit Court's denial of its motion for a summary judgment in this wrongful-death action. This Court granted GMC's petition for a permissive appeal pursuant to Rule 5, Ala. R.App. P. We reverse the summary judgment and render…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Medtronic, Inc. v. LohrSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by34 opinions

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  5. Canadian National/Ill. Cent. R. Co. v. HallMississippi Supreme Court · 2007

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