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PADGETT v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 75-1417.

544 F.2d 704 (1976)

Lee W. PADGETT, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Mains, Jr., Alexandria, Va., Philip S. Marstiller, Richmond, Va. (Archie O. Wells, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Richmond, Va. (E. Milton Farley, III, James E. Farnham, Jack E. McClard, Hunton, Williams, Gay & Gibson, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges, and WATKINS, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Lee Padgett appeals from a jury verdict in favor of General Motors in his products liability action. Padgett alleged that because of defects in the engine restraining system of the 1969 Chevrolet in which he was a passenger, the Chevrolet went out of control and ran into a utility pole, rendering him a permanent paraplegic. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

Padgett has assigned as error, among other claims, that the trial court refused...

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