Legal Opinion
Corcoran v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 5, 2000No. Civ.A. 98-2191-LFOPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
On August 14, 1998, the plaintiff filed a personal injury complaint against General Motors in Superior Court. It alleged that defects in a 1987 Chevrolet Corvette designed, manufactured and sold by GM, caused it to go out of control so that the plaintiff drove it into a wall (instead of the car in front of him) in order to bring it to a stop. The plaintiff sought compensation in the amount of $5,000,000 in compensatory damages and $5,000,000 in punitive damages for negligence, $5,000,000 in unspecified damages for breach of warranty and $5,000,000 in…
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