Legal Opinion
A. A. Spurlin, Surviving Parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a Minor, Deceased v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1976No. 74--3080PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This diversity suit arises out of a school bus crash which occurred in Morgan County, Alabama, on April 23, 1968, when the bus’s brakes failed. Two wrongful death suits and twenty-two personal injury actions were filed, on behalf of the children who were in the bus at the time, against the manufacturer of the school bus chassis, General Motors Corporation. Following consolidation of the cases for trial by the district court, 1 a six-person jury heard evidence for approximately two weeks. The court then submitted the cases on the theory of alleged negligent design of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dan Lind v. Schenley Industries IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Barbara F. Evans, Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy Evans, Deceased v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by86 opinions
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- Shows v. Jamison Bedding, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Joseph Hewitt v. The B.F. Goodrich Co., a Foreign Corporation and T.G. & Y. Stores, Co., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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