Legal Opinion
Vockie v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 20, 1975No. Civ. A. No. 73-2035PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*59MEMORANDUM
GORBEY, District Judge.
This case was tried before this court and a jury of seven.1 After seven days of trial, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff has filed a motion with this court for a new trial.
The trial was complex, lengthy and hard-fought. Plaintiff claimed injuries which were allegedly the result of the negligence and/or defective product of the defendant. The theory of plaintiff’s case was that the engine mounts in the plaintiff’s car, a 1969 Chevrolet Impala, were negligently designed and that the engine mounts were defective and unreasonably dangerous…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- R. H. Colvin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Landry v. AdamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Michael v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1959
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. v. CowanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
3Cited by14 opinions
- Martha Ann Brundage Rozier v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Jean Farner, as Administratrix of the Estate of John W. Farner, Deceased v. Paccar, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Nancy C. Lindsay and Bruce H. Lindsay v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Rinker v. Ford Motor Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1978
- Matsko v. HARLEY DAVIDSON MOT. CO., INC.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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