Legal Opinion
Susan Passwaters, by Donald Passwaters, Her Father and Next Friend, and Donald Passwaters v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1972No. 20072PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a directed verdict granted the defendant General Motors Corporation against Donald Pass-waters suing on behalf of himself and his injured daughter, Susan (hereinafter designated as plaintiff). The amended complaint pleaded both negligent design and strict liability. The accident occurred in the State of Iowa and both parties agree that Iowa law controls. Plaintiff asserts that she was a passenger on a Honda motorcycle being operated on a public highway which collided with a 1964 Buick Skylark automobile. She claims her left leg came into contact with…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Suvada v. White Motor Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
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3Cited by98 opinions
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- Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Buehler v. WhalenIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
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