Legal Opinion
LaBorde v. General Motors Corp.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 12, 1982No. 82-263PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOKER, Judge.
This is an appeal from an award made to plaintiff on the grounds that the defendant-appellant, General Motors Corporation (General Motors), sold to the plaintiff a pickup truck which had a defective accelerator which stuck while the plaintiff was driving and caused an accident. The trial judge based the award on the fact that General Motors admitted the defect, as evidenced by a recall campaign of trucks of the same model regarding defective accelerators. Because we find that plaintiff has failed to prove that the admitted defect could have been the cause of the accident and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Weber v. Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Co. of NYSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- Trahan v. Highlands Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- LoBrono v. Gene Ducote Volkswagen, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Maytag Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
3Cited by3 opinions
- Thompson v. TuggleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
- Winans v. Rockwell International Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Laborde v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1983