CAMPBELL v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. S.F. 24308.

32 Cal.3d 112 (1982)

649 P.2d 224

184 Cal. Rptr. 891

FLORENCE L. CAMPBELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

August 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jerome Berg and Carolyn Morris for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Leonard Sacks, Harvey R. Levine, Edward I. Pollock, Robert E. Cartwright, William M. Shernoff, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Sanford M. Gage, Arne Werchick, Ian Herzog, Glen T. Bashore, Wylie Aitken, Victoria J. De Goff and James R. McGrath as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

St. Clair, Zappettini, McFetridge & Griffin, C.D. Zappettini, Cyril Viadro, Otis M. Smith, Don A. Schiemann, Mary Ann McKinnon and Judith A. Zakens for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

What quantum of evidence must the plaintiff in a products liability action produce initially in order to establish a prima facie case of liability under Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. (1978) 20 Cal.3d 413 [143 Cal.Rptr. 225, 573 P.2d 443, 96 A.L.R.3d 1]?

I.

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