Legal Opinion

Johnson v. General Motors Corp.

District Court, E.D. Tennessee

Decided May 6, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 1797PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEESE, District Judge.

The defendant and third-party plaintiff has made a motion for a summary judgment in its favor herein insofar as (1) the plaintiff’s complaint undertakes to predicate his recovery on the theories of a breach of warranty and strict liability without a showing of negligence and (2) the third-party defendants seek to assert the defense of the Tennessee statute of limitations against the cause of action laid in the third-party complaint, T.C.A. sec. 28-304.

This is an action for personal injuries. Inter alia, the plaintiff pleaded the defendant’s breach of an implied warranty…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. General Motors Corporation v. DodsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1960
  2. Chamberlain v. McClearyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1963
  3. Burkett v. Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Kyker Ex Rel. Kyker v. General Motors Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Vaughn v. Terminal Transport CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1957

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Vason v. NickeyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
  2. City of Kingsport, Tenn. v. SCM Corp.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1976
  3. Vason v. NickeyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971

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