Legal Opinion
Bowman v. General Motors Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 23, 1974No. Civ. A. No. 71-2029PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This is a products liability case in which plaintiffs contend that the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado motor vehicle in which they were riding at the time of an accident on February 21, 1970, was defectively designed and insufficiently crashworthy. Before us is a discovery motion which presents a question oft recurring in automobile design product liability cases; i. e., the extent to which the plaintiffs may discover detailed factual information about the design and testing of models later than the one allegedly responsible…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Boeing Airplane Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Virginia Brown and Albert K. Brown, Jr., by His General Guardian, Virginia BrownCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Tyler v. Dowell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Uitts v. General Motors Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Reddick v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1969
- Richards v. Maine Central RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1957
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Howard Jay Josephs v. Harris Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- United Oil Co. v. Parts Associates, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2005
- McClain v. Mack Trucks, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
- Fine v. Facet Aerospace Products Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Bowman v. General Motors Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
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