Kirkland v. General Motors Corporation

Decided April 23, 1974. Ben T. Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

521 P.2d 1353 · Cited 340 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.

• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
• MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co. · 111 N.E. 1050
• Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 256
• Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp. · 501 P.2d 1153
• Elmore v. American Motors Corp. · 70 Cal. 2d 578
• Marathon Battery Company v. Kilpatrick · 418 P.2d 900
• Nichols v. Nold · 258 P.2d 317
• Southwest Ice & Dairy Products v. Faulkenberry · 220 P.2d 257
• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · 24 Cal. 2d 453
• Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co. · 261 N.E.2d 305
• Caruth v. Mariani · 463 P.2d 83
• Loch v. Confair · 372 Pa. 212
• Graham v. Bottenfield's, Inc. · 269 P.2d 413
• Sisler v. Jackson · 460 P.2d 903
• Ada Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Asbury · 242 P.2d 417
• Thompson v. Trane Company · 500 P.2d 1329
• Bower v. Corbell · 408 P.2d 307
• Gosnell v. Zink · 325 P.2d 965
• Oklahoma Wheat Pool Terminal Corp. v. Rodgers · 70 P.2d 1080
• Oklahoma Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Dillard · 253 P.2d 847
• Bachner v. Pearson · 479 P.2d 319
• Davis v. Van Camp Packing Co. · 189 Iowa 775
• Clary v. Fifth Avenue Chrysler Center, Inc. · 454 P.2d 244
• Sunray DX Oil Company v. Brown · 477 P.2d 67

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• Nash v. General Motors Corp. · 2007 OK CIV APP 11
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• Prince v. BF Ascher Company, Inc. · 2004 OK CIV APP 39
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• Spence v. Brown-Minneapolis Tank, Co. · 2008 OK CIV APP 90
• Santine v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · 591 P.2d 329
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