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DURAN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 5690, 5693 and 5761.

688 P.2d 779 (1983)

101 N.M. 742

Gilbert E. DURAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lorraine Duran, and Gilbert E. Duran, individually, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, and Santa Fe Motors, Inc., a New Mexico corporation, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Quashed September 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matias A. Zamora, John Donnell, Ron Ricks, Zinn & Donnell, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Russell D. Mann, Bob F. Turner, William P. Lynch, Atwood, Malone, Mann & Cooter, P.A., Roswell, for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees; Otis M. Smith, Gen. Counsel, General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

OPINION

BIVINS, Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether and to what extent a manufacturer has a duty to design and construct a motor vehicle to avoid subjecting its users to injury when a faulty design or manufacture, although not causing the accident, produces or enhances an injury received in the accident. This is a matter of first impression in New Mexico.

Plaintiff brought this action against General Motors Corporation and Santa Fe Motors...

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