Walker v. General Motors Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
MQNTEMURO, Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgement entered in favor of appellee after a jury found that appellant’s injuries were not caused by a defect in the braking system of the General Motors vehicle he was driving.
In May of 1982, appellant purchased a 1980 Buick Skylark from Kutner Buick, Inc. In December of 1982, while driving through Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, he was unable to negotiate a curve, allegedly because of failure of the ear’s braking system to operate properly, and crashed head-on into a tree, sustaining serious and permanent injuries. Suit was instituted against…
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