Buehler v. Whalen

Decided March 14, 1978. James A. Dooley wrote the opinion for the court.

374 N.E.2d 460 · Cited 160 times

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• Bolm v. Triumph Corp. · 33 N.Y.2d 151
• Mickle v. Blackmon · 166 S.E.2d 173
• Gertz v. Campbell · 302 N.E.2d 40
• Engberg v. Ford Motor Company · 205 N.W.2d 104
• Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Young · 321 A.2d 737
• Johnson Ex Rel. Johnson v. American Motors Corp. · 225 N.W.2d 57
• Self v. General Motors Corp. · 42 Cal. App. 3d 1
• Garst v. General Motors Corporation · 484 P.2d 47
• Frericks v. General Motors Corp. · 363 A.2d 460
• Baumgardner v. American Motors Corp. · 522 P.2d 829
• Friedrich v. Anderson · 217 N.W.2d 831
• McMullen v. Volkswagen of America · 545 P.2d 117
• Cunis v. Brennan · 308 N.E.2d 617
• Skinner v. Reed-Prentice Division Package MacHinery Co. · 374 N.E.2d 437
• Miller v. DeWitt · 226 N.E.2d 630
• Reese v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 303 N.E.2d 382
• Dyson v. General Motors Corporation · 298 F. Supp. 1064
• Carver v. Grossman · 305 N.E.2d 161
• Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Co. v. Evans Construction Co. · 32 Ill. 2d 600
• Lewis v. Stran Steel Corp. · 311 N.E.2d 128
• Ford Motor Company v. Evancho · 327 So. 2d 201
• Chicago City Railway Co. v. Saxby · 213 Ill. 274
• Grundmanis v. British Motor Corporation · 308 F. Supp. 303
• Buehler v. Whalen · 355 N.E.2d 99

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