Legal Opinion
Grundmanis v. British Motor Corporation
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided January 16, 1970No. 68-C-285PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, District Judge.
This is an action to recover damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff, Gatis Grundmanis, while a passenger in an automobile allegedly manufactured by defendant. The complaint states that plaintiff was a passenger in a 1962 MGB on July 4, 1966, in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, when it was in a collision with another automobile. It is alleged that the MGB burst into flames upon impact when its fuel tank ruptured and that the plaintiff thereby suffered severe injuries. The basis of the plaintiff’s claim is that the defendant was negligent in the design and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Dippel v. ScianoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Barbara F. Evans, Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy Evans, Deceased v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- Mickle v. BlackmonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969
- Spruill v. Boyle-Midway, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Mieher v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- Buehler v. WhalenIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Bolm v. Triumph Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Nathan Richman, Administrator v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
- Thomas Polk v. Ford Motor Company, Ethel Lee Marshall, Guardian v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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