State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Self v. General Motors Corp.

Decided September 24, 1974. Macklin Fleming wrote the opinion for the court.

42 Cal. App. 3d 1 · Cited 66 times

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Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Culpepper v. Volkswagen of America, Inc. · 33 Cal. App. 3d 510
People v. Hutchinson · 71 Cal. 2d 342
Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc. · 251 Cal. App. 2d 689
Pike v. Frank G. Hough Co. · 467 P.2d 229
Weathers v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 485 P.2d 1132
Mickle v. Blackmon · 166 S.E.2d 173
Malkasian v. Irwin · 61 Cal. 2d 738
Hoffman v. Brandt · 65 Cal. 2d 549
Borenkraut v. Whitten · 56 Cal. 2d 538
Menchaca v. Helms Bakeries, Inc. · 68 Cal. 2d 535
Love v. Wolf · 226 Cal. App. 2d 378
Thomas v. General Motors Corp. · 13 Cal. App. 3d 81
Love v. Wolf · 249 Cal. App. 2d 822
Ensign v. Southern Pacific Co. · 223 P. 953
Weaver v. Shell Oil Co. of California · 18 P.2d 736
Donahue v. United Artists Corp. · 2 Cal. App. 3d 794
Albrecht v. Broughton · 6 Cal. App. 3d 173
Shepherd v. Walley · 28 Cal. App. 3d 1079
Signorelli v. Potter · 43 Cal. 2d 541
Watenpaugh v. State Teacher's Retirement System · 336 P.2d 165
Watenpaugh v. State Teachers' Retirement · 51 Cal. 2d 675

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