Murphy v. General Motors Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLarkin, J.
Plaintiff was severely injured on August 14, 1971, when his 1967 Chevrolet Impala left the road and struck a telephone pole. His complaint set forth two causes of action, the first for breach of warranty and the second for negligence in the manufacture of the car. At the trial plaintiff introduced the testimony of two experts who attributed the cause of the accident to improperly manufactured engine mounts and, in addition, produced a March, 1972 letter from the Chevrolet Division of General Motors warning the owners of certain 1967 model Chevrolet passenger cars of the possible danger of the…
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