CELLUCCI v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.


450 Pa.Super. 438 (1996)

676 A.2d 253

Daniel CELLUCCI v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Joseph V. DeFalco.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Heilbron, San Francisco, CA, for appellant.

Larry E. Coben, Scottsdale, AZ, for DeFalco, appellee.

Arthur H. Bryant, Philadelphia, for Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, amicus curiae.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, McEWEN, CIRILLO, DEL SOLE, BECK, TAMILIA, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.


BECK, Judge.

The issue is whether the instant products liability action against appellant General Motors Corporation ("GM") is preempted by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1381 et seq. (the "Safety Act") and the pertinent Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards ("Safety Standards") and regulations promulgated thereunder. GM asks that we overrule our decisions in Gingold v. Audi-NSU-Auto Union, A.G.,

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