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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. HILL

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752 So.2d 1186 (1999)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. Billie HILL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Overruled November 19, 1999.

Opinion Dissenting from Overruling of Rehearing November 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren B. Lightfoot, William H. Brooks, and Madeline H. Haikala of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

G. Whit Drake of Drake & Associates, Birmingham; and Tom Drake of Drake & Drake, Cullman, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

General Motors Corporation ("GM") appeals from a $2.2 million judgment of the Limestone Circuit Court; that judgment was based upon a jury verdict for Billie Hill, as administratrix of the estate of her husband Van Allen Hill, on a wrongful-death claim. We reverse and remand.

The accident giving rise to this action occurred on June 11, 1996, at a facility operated by GM. Mr. Hill was driving a buggy through a dark area when he struck a 25-foot...

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