BROTHERS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 82-267.

658 P.2d 1108 (1983)

Jean BROTHERS, Kathy Brothers, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Inc., Company, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, and Bill Atkin Volkswagen, Inc., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wellcome & Frost, Albert Frost, argued, Bozeman, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Poore, Roth & Robinson, P.C., James Poore, III, argued, Butte, for defendants and respondents.


GULBRANDSON, Justice.

Plaintiffs brought this action in strict products liability and negligence for injuries resulting from a car accident. The District Court of the Second Judicial District, Silver Bow County, granted summary judgment for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.

On June 22, 1977, plaintiff Jean Brothers was driving her 1976 Pontiac LeMans station wagon on Interstate 90 toward Missoula, Montana, at about 50 miles per hour. The road was clear and...

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