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BUTLER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 99, Docket 24236.

240 F.2d 92 (1957)

Herbert BUTLER, James Wilmoll, Richard Martelli, Bruce Roys, William Shiland, Harold Frederickson and Bruno Kapner, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter & Conboy, Albany, N. Y., for appellant. James Conboy, Albany, of counsel; John W. Cebula, Albany, N. Y., on the brief.

Harold J. Hughes, Albany, N. Y., for appellees in No. 99.

Murphy, Aldrich, Guy, Broderick & Simon, Troy, N. Y., for appellees in No. 100. Morris Simon, Troy, N. Y., of counsel; Bernard Simon, Troy, N. Y., on the brief.

John H. Spain, Troy, N. Y., for appellees in Nos. 101 and 102.

Before SWAN, MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Under the doctrine of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 217 N.Y. 382, 111 N.E. 1150, L.R.A.1916F, 696, the appellant was held liable to each of ten plaintiffs for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident caused, according to the jury's verdict, by a defect in the steering mechanism of a Chevrolet chassis truck manufactured by the defendant and purchased from a dealer in Hoosick Falls, New York, by one...

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