Legal Opinion
Nathan Richman, Administrator v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 3, 1971No. 7718PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff’s intestate, while driving her 1964 Chevrolet Corvair in the wrong direction on a divided highway in Brighton, Massachusetts, collided with another car coming in the opposite direction. The impact of the collision allegedly thrust the Corvair’s steering rod and column into her heart, as a result of which she died. In this diversity action, plaintiff claims that but for the defendant manufacturer’s negligent design of the 1964 Corvair, particularly the steering rod and column, his intestate would not have lost her life in this accident. As will presently…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Albert Flaksa v. Little River Marine Construction Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Clayton E. Durham v. Florida East Coast Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- 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 by107 opinions
- Herbert E. Theilmann, Administrator of Herbert K. Theilmann v. The Rutland Hospital, Inc., and Dr. Donald D. DingmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Eash v. Riggins Trucking Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Rafael Figueroa Ruiz v. Jose E. AlegriaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Linda Marie Zambrano, and Jose E. Tafolla, Esq. Philip W. Orr, Esq., Claimants-Appellants v. City of Tustin David KreylingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Cintrón-Lorenzo v. Departamento de Asuntos del ConsumidorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
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