Moroney v. General Motors Corp.

¶ 1 This appeal follows a jury trial and verdict in favor of the defendant General Motors Corporation (GMC), finding, in response to an interrogatory, that the design of its vehicle which included an automatic unlock feature was not defective.

¶ 2 The trial court summarized the relevant background of this case:

On June 1, 1995 at approximately 3:00 P.M. Maureen Moroney (“Moroney”) arrived at Kmart to shop. While she was driving through the parking lot she noticed Vaxter [defendant Chester Vaxter, Jr.] walking through the parking lot. In her testimony, Moroney indicated that based upon Vaxter’s…