LECATES v. HERTRICH PONTIAC BUICK CO.


515 A.2d 163 (1986)

Janice M. LECATES and Bruce O. Lecates, her husband and Joyce Smart and Kenneth Smart, her husband, Plaintiffs, v. HERTRICH PONTIAC BUICK CO., a corporation of the State of Delaware, and General Motors Corporation, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, Sussex County.

Decided: April 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clay Davis, III, Georgetown, for plaintiffs.

William F. Taylor, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for defendant Hertrich Pontiac Buick Co.

Somers S. Price, and John E. James, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for defendant General Motors Corp.


OPINION

CHANDLER, Judge.

Plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages for personal injuries. They charge the defendants with breach of implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose and merchantability which allegedly applied to the automobile in which plaintiffs were injured. Pending are defendants' motions to dismiss.1

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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