Geohagan v. General Motors Corp.

Decided May 24, 1973. Alva Hugh Maddox wrote the opinion for the court.

279 So. 2d 436 · Cited 71 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Thaggard v. Vafes · 119 So. 647
• Alabama Great Southern Ry. Co. v. Ambrose · 163 Ala. 220
• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375
• Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536
• Treadwell Ford, Inc. v. Leek · 133 So. 2d 24
• Birmingham Chero-Cola Bottling Co. v. Clark · 89 So. 64
• Scott v. Holland · 132 Ala. 389
• Airheart v. Green · 104 So. 2d 687
• Foran v. Carangelo · 153 Conn. 356
• Kennedy v. Davis · 171 Ala. 609
• Tiger Motor Co. v. McMurtry · 224 So. 2d 638
• Breed v. Atlanta, B. C. R. Co. · 4 So. 2d 315
• Parker v. Fies & Sons · 10 So. 2d 13
• Schuler v. Union News Co. · 295 Mass. 350
• Zostautas v. St. Anthony De Padua Hospital · 178 N.E.2d 303
• King v. Henkie · 80 Ala. 505
• Springfield v. Williams Plumbing Supply Co. · 153 S.E.2d 184
• Smith v. United Construction Workers, District 50 · 122 So. 2d 153
• Bell v. Riley Bus Lines · 57 So. 2d 612
• Drummond v. Drummond · 102 So. 112
• Champion v. McLean · 95 So. 2d 82
• Daniel Construction Company v. Pierce · 120 So. 2d 381
• Southern Ry. Co. v. Sherrill · 167 So. 731
• Coastal States Life Insurance Company v. Gass · 180 So. 2d 255
• Crenshaw v. Alabama Freight, Inc. · 252 So. 2d 33

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• McLendon Pools, Inc. v. Bush · 414 So. 2d 92
• Corson v. Universal Door Systems, Inc. · 596 So. 2d 565
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