Legal Opinion
Gardner v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1974No. 73-1966PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Chief Judge.
This is a product liability case involving a 1966 three-quarter ton pickup truck manufactured and sold new by General Motors Corporation (GMC). The appeal is taken by GMC from judgments aggregating approximately $700,000 in actions brought and consolidated in the District Court for the District of Colorado under the Colorado Wrongful Death Act for the deaths of the husbands of the named plaintiffs. Each of the decedents had died from inhalation of massive quantities of carbon monoxide claimed by plaintiffs to be legally attributable to GMC through negligent design and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. v. NisleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Cox v. Pearl Investment CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
- Wade v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Howard v. Avon Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1964
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Big O Tire Dealers, Inc., a Colorado Corporation v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc., E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company v. Berkley and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- James Morrissey, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee v. National Maritime Union of America, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee, and Joseph CurranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Phillip Brooks BarkerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Miller v. City Of MissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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