BEATTIE v. BEATTIE

C.A. No. 91C-12-141-JRS.

786 A.2d 549 (2001)

Margaret S. BEATTIE, Plaintiff, v. Michael F. BEATTIE, Defendant, and Robert L. Boyles and Asplundh Tree Expert Co., a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Martin Chevrolet-Buick, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and General Motors Corporation, Third-Party Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: February 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Bonkowski, Kimberly Gattuso, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for Third Party-Plaintiffs, Asplundh Tree Expert Company and Robert L. Boyles.

Somers S. Price, Jr., Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Edward A. Gray, Michael P. Kinkopf, Lavin, Coleman, O'Neil, Ricci, Finarelli & Gray, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Third-Party Defendants, Martin Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. and General Motors Corporation.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SLIGHTS, J.

INTRODUCTION

The Court once again is called upon to delineate the bounds in Delaware of strict liability in tort for personal injury caused by allegedly defective products. The genesis of this dispute is an automobile accident that occurred on July 15, 1991, when a vehicle operated by Michael Beattie ("Beattie") collided with the rear of a truck owned by the...

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