Legal Opinion
General Motors Corporation v. Dodson
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 15, 1960PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKERSON, J. R. P.
Dodson and Mrs. R. P. Dodson are husband and wife. They bought a new Oldsmobile automobile from Kemp Motor Company, Gallatin, Tennessee, an authorized dealer of General Motors Corporation, the manufacturer of Oldsmobile automobiles-
The brakes of this new automobile were defective from the beginning. While Mrs. R. P. Dodson was driving the automobile the brakes locked and as a result the automobile plunged into a ditch near Pulaski, Tennessee, and Mrs. Dodson was severely and permanently injured.
R. P. Dodson and Mrs. R. P.. Dodson filed their separate suits against General…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Bryan v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1939
- Poole v. First Nat. Bank of SmyrnaCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946
- Brenizer v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RailwayTennessee Supreme Court · 1928
- Provident Life & Accident Ins. v. PrietoTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1963
- Santor v. a & M KARAGHEUSIAN, INC.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Kassab v. SoyaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Ford Motor Company v. LononTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Anderson-Weber, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1961
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