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HUDDELL v. LEVIN

Nos. 75-1851 to 75-1854.

537 F.2d 726 (1976)

Josephine B. HUDDELL, Administratrix ad prosequendum and General Administratrix of the Estate of Benjamin R. Huddell, Deceased, and Josephine B. Huddell, Individually v. George Gerson LEVIN, Appellant in No. 75-1852, et al. Appeal of S. KLEIN DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., in No. 75-1851. Appeal of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, in Nos. 75-1853 and 75-1854.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1976.

As Amended June 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley, Jeffrey M. Stopford, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee; Beasley, Hewson, Casey, Kraft & Colleran, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Francis E. Marshall, Charles W. Craven, Marshall, Dennehey & Warner, P. A., Philadelphia, Pa., G. Paul Crawshaw, Martin, Crawshaw & Mayfield, Haddonfield, N. J., for appellant, S. Klein Department Stores, Inc.

Kisselman, Deighan, Montano & Summers, Camden, N. J., for appellant, George Gerson Levin; Arthur Montano, Camden, N. J., Alan P. Bruce, Cape May, N. J., of counsel and on the brief.

Frazer F. Hilder, Francis H. Dunne, Thomas W. Watkins, General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N.J., for appellant, General Motors Corp.; John C. Heavey, Jr., Laurence Reich, Newark, N. J., of counsel and on the brief.

Before ALDISERT, GIBBONS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

Defendants have appealed from adverse judgments in a diversity case governed by New Jersey substantive law and arising out of a collision of two automobiles which resulted in the death of plaintiff's decedent, Dr. Benjamin R. Huddell. Although numerous issues command our attention, the central questions presented involve the nature and extent of an automobile manufacturer's liability in the context of "crashworthiness...

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