PETERSON BY PETERSON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 89-1727.

904 F.2d 436 (1990)

Erik Thomas PETERSON, by his next friend Victor PETERSON, Victor Peterson and Geneva Peterson, Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. McDonald, Springfield, Mo., for appellants.

Rodney E. Loomer, Springfield, Mo., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 11, 1990.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Erik Peterson, Geneva Peterson, and Victor Peterson appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of General Motors Corporation (GMC) in their action for personal injury damages. Erik and Geneva Peterson were struck in a K-Mart parking lot by a 1985 Oldsmobile Calais designed and manufactured by GMC. Appellants sued on the theory that a defect in the Calais caused it to...

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