CLAYTOR v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

21619

277 S.C. 259 (1982)

286 S.E.2d 129

Frances CLAYTOR, as Executrix of the Estate of W. Rivers Claytor, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Albert Sweat, d/b/a Coastal Buick-Oldsmobile Company, Gary M. Meyer and Marcia Meyer, Defendants, of whom General Motors Corporation is, Respondent; and Frances CLAYTOR, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Albert Sweat, d/b/a Coastal Buick-Oldsmobile Company, Gary M. Meyer and Marcia Meyer, Defendants, of whom General Motors Corporation is Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Brailsford, of William & Williams, Columbia, and Charles B. Macloskie, Beaufort, for appellants.

Robert A. Patterson, of Barnwell, Whaley, Stevenson & Patterson, Charleston, for respondent.


January 5, 1982.

GREGORY, Justice:

This appeal arises out of an unsuccessful products liability action trial.

Plaintiffs, W. Rivers Claytor and his wife, Frances Claytor, brought separate actions (tried together) to recover damages sustained when the motor vehicle in which they were riding was struck by an oncoming Oldsmobile alleged to be defective. The trial judge granted a directed verdict to defendant...

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