EVERS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 84-3619.

770 F.2d 984 (1985)

Alexander EVERS, Jr., individually and as legal guardian of Marcia Evers, his wife, incompetent and a legal guardian of Selena Evers, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon H. Anderson, Lane, Trohn, Bertrand & Williams, Lakeland, Fla., and Kenneth L. Connor, Lake Wales, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Richard Caldwell, Jr., Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, Orlando, Fla.; Byron Attridge, King & Spalding, Gary J. Toman, Lanny B. Bridgers, Atlanta, Pa., for defendant-appellee.

Jones, Jones, Baldwin, Curry & Roth, Marshall, Tex.; Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, P.C., James R. Pratt, III, Birmingham, Ala., and Larry Coben, Litvin, Blumberg, Matusow & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for ATLA.

Stephen P. Teret, Baltimore, Md., for APHA & NAPHP.

Arthur H. Bryant, Washington, D.C., Emond & Vines, Birmingham, Ala., and George A. Malinsky, Tubac, Ariz., for TLPJ.

Robert R. Tiernan, Washington, D.C., for ABIC.

Edward P. Good, Detroit, Mich., for MVMA.

Robert L. Stern, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Stephen M. Shapiro, Daniel M. Harris, Chicago, Ill., for PLAC.

Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal.; Sam Kazman, David N. Baumann, Washington, D.C., for CA and PLF.

Before HENDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment order entered by the district court in a products liability action.

The facts giving rise to this litigation are relatively simple and generally undisputed. The appellant was injured, on October 20, 1974, when the automobile in which she was driving was struck by a Toyota. The Toyota ran a stop sign while entering an intersection and was traveling at approximately 30-35 miles per hour at the point...

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