Legal Opinion
Sellon v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 9, 1981No. Civ. A. 79-611PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
In this personal injury diversity action, two Canadian plaintiffs seek damages from General Motors (“GM”), a Delaware corporation, on three claims of negligence, breach of warranty and reckless disregard of faulty design of the car whose explosion occasioned this suit. 1 Presently before the Court are plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. These motions require determination of the question whether a broadly phrased release in favor of the third-party defendant also bars recovery against General…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Mortensen v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Allstate Insurance v. HagueSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Bryson, Paul E. v. Brand Insulations, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Wells v. Shearson Lehman/American Express, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1988
- Marr Scaffolding Co., Inc. v. Fairground Forms, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1996
- Hill v. Equitable Trust Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1983
- Neves v. PotterSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
- McInnis v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1986
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