Legal Opinion
Chrysler Corp. v. Batten
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 5, 1994No. S94G0425PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
Patricia Batten was driving a Chrysler LeBaron purchased in May 1978 when she was injured in a two-car collision in October 1988. Batten and her husband brought suit against Chrysler Corporation and the driver of the other vehicle in 1990 seeking damages for her injuries and his loss of consortium. Included among the allegations as to Chrysler were claims under both strict liability and negligence theories that the seat belt mechanism in the LeBaron was defectively designed and that Chrysler negligently failed to warn of the danger posed by the defectively-designed seat…
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