Legal Opinion
Caprara v. Chrysler Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 1981PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
Central to the issues on this appeal is the admissibility of proof of a postaccident design change in support of a products liability cause of action submitted to a jury on an alleged manufacturing defect.
The plaintiff, Fausto Caprara, received a verdict on each *118of two causes of action, one in negligence and the other in strict products liability, against Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler Motors Corporation (Chrysler), which designed, manufactured and marketed a Dodge Coronet automobile Caprara was operating at the time of the occurrence which gave rise to…
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- Meiselman v. Crown Heights Hospital, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Halloran v. Virginia Chemicals Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
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- Ferrer v. HarrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
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