Legal Opinion
Brown v. Ford Motor Company
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided July 31, 1968No. 2:97-cv-00599PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DONALD RUSSELL, District Judge.
These three actions, consolidated for the purpose of motion for summary judgment in each of the actions, seek recovery for injuries and damages sustained by the driver, a passenger, and the owner of an automobile manufactured by the defendant which, while being driven in the late afternoon of April 19, 1965, along State Highway 171 from James Island to Charleston, South Carolina, got out of control and crashed into a bridge. The plaintiffs base their right of action against the defendant manufacturer on the claim that the accident and their…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Pierce v. Ford Motor Co. Mahone v. Ford Motor CoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Dick v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Barbara F. Evans, Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy Evans, Deceased v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1970
- Bacó ex rel. Castillo de Jesús v. Almacén Ramón Rosa Delgado Inc.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 2000
- Jensen v. American Motors Corp., Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Harris v. Rose's Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1993
- Gibbs v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
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