GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. McGEE

No. 4D03-2198.

867 So.2d 1244 (2004)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Appellant, v. Robert J. McGEE, individually; Constance McGee, individually; Kelly Amber McGee, a minor, through her parents and natural guardians, Robert J. McGee and Constance McGee; and Robert J. McGee and Constance McGee, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Shane McGee, deceased, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Pelzer of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Arnold R. Ginsberg of Ginsberg & Schwartz, Miami, and Sheldon J. Schlesinger, Robert W. Kelley and John J. Uustal of Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


HAZOURI, J.

On July 3, 1991, Robert and Connie McGee, their two children, and another family member were involved in a tragic car accident. The vehicle they were driving in, an Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser station wagon, was struck by a pick-up truck operated by Curtis Cayton. The collision, described as a "tap" and "not an impact situation" pierced the station wagon's gas tank, causing the tank to leak fuel, ignite, and explode. The entire family suffered severe burns...

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