1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Cal.Rptr.2d
  4. 86 Cal.Rptr.2d
  5. 86 Cal.Rptr.2d 4 (1999)
 

PRUITT v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. B114341.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 4 (1999)

72 Cal.App.4th 1480

Norma E. PRUITT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

As Modified June 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law offices of Kevin M. Fillo, Kevin M. Fillo, Ventura, Wolf, Seider, Abrams & Wolf, Marcus M. Kaufman, Ellen K. Wolf and John H. Wolf, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, David M. Heilbron, Leslie G. Landau and Robert A. Brundage, San Francisco; Grace, Genson, Cosgrove & Schirm and Derek S. Whitefield, Los Angeles; Bowman and Brooke and Vincent Galvin, San Jose, for Defendant and Respondent.

Hugh F. Young, Jr. and Harvey M. Grossman, Chicago, IL, for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Certified for Partial Publication.*

GILBERT, Acting P.J.

An automobile air bag deploys in a low impact collision injuring plaintiff driver. In her jury trial against defendant respondent General Motors Corporation (GMC), appellant and plaintiff, Norma E. Pruitt introduced evidence of a design defect in the air bag of her car. The trial court instructed the jury on theories of risk-benefit and failure to warn. It refused an instruction...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases