GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. DILLON


367 A.2d 1020 (1976)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and Union Park Pontiac, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants below, Appellants, v. Joseph P. DILLON, Plaintiff below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided November 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Payson, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for defendants below, appellants.

Edmund D. Lyons, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before CAREY, Justice Ad Litem, MARVEL, Chancellor, and BROWN, Vice Chancellor.


BROWN, Vice Chancellor.

This is an appeal by General Motors Corporation and Union Park Pontiac, Inc. (hereafter "appellants") from a jury verdict against them and in favor of the appellee, Joseph P. Dillon (hereafter "Dillon") in the amount of $65,000. The action sought recovery for personal injuries to Dillon based on charges of negligence and breach of warranty by the defendants in selling him an allegedly defective motor...

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