Phipps v. General Motors Corp.

Decided September 29, 1976. John C. Eldridge wrote the opinion for the court.

363 A.2d 955 · Cited 219 times

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• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
• Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Young · 321 A.2d 737
• Telak v. Maszczenski · 237 A.2d 434
• Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
• Elmore v. American Motors Corp. · 70 Cal. 2d 578
• Frericks v. General Motors Corp. · 336 A.2d 118
• Graham v. Bottenfield's, Inc. · 269 P.2d 413
• Seely v. White Motor Co. · 403 P.2d 145
• Dippel v. Sciano · 37 Wis. 2d 443
• Myers v. Montgomery Ward & Co. · 252 A.2d 855
• Markle v. Mulholland's, Inc. · 509 P.2d 529
• Frericks v. General Motors Corp. · 363 A.2d 460
• Spence v. Three Rivers Builders & Masonry Supply, Inc. · 90 N.W.2d 873
• McCormack v. Hankscraft Company · 154 N.W.2d 488
• Balido v. Improved MacHinery, Inc. · 29 Cal. App. 3d 633
• Addressograph-Multigraph Corp. v. Zink · 329 A.2d 28
• Dorsey v. Yoder Company · 331 F. Supp. 753
• McAfee v. Cargill, Inc. · 121 F. Supp. 5

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