Duran v. General Motors Corp.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether and to what extent a manufacturer has a duty to design and construct a motor vehicle to avoid subjecting its users to injury when a faulty design or manufacture, although not causing the accident, produces or enhances an injury received in the accident. This is a matter of first impression in New Mexico.
Plaintiff brought this action against General Motors Corporation and Santa Fe Motors to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by his minor daughter, Lorraine Duran, in a one-vehicle accident allegedly resulting from…
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- Stang v. Hertz CorporationNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
- Dawson v. Chrysler Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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