Swartz v. General Motors Corp.

Decided July 6, 1978. Robert Braucher wrote the opinion for the court.

378 N.E.2d 61 · Cited 85 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.

• Necktas v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. PONTIAC DIVISION · 259 N.E.2d 234
• Whitney v. City of Worcester · 366 N.E.2d 1210
• Hoffman v. Howmedica, Inc. · 364 N.E.2d 1215
• Wolfe v. Ford Motor Co. · 376 N.E.2d 143
• Coyne v. John S. Tilley Co. Inc. · 331 N.E.2d 541
• Carney v. Bereault · 204 N.E.2d 448
• LeBlanc v. Ford Motor Co. · 191 N.E.2d 301
• Omni Flying Club, Inc. v. Cessna Aircraft Co. · 315 N.E.2d 885
• Currie v. Lee Equipment Corp. · 291 N.E.2d 403
• Madeline Haley & Another v. Allied Chemical Corp. · 231 N.E.2d 549
• Higgins v. Emerson Hospital · 328 N.E.2d 488
• Maher v. General Motors Corp. · 346 N.E.2d 833

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• Kelley v. Eli Lilly and Co. · 517 F. Supp. 2d 99
• Sultis v. General Motors Corp. · 690 F. Supp. 100
• Cruickshank v. Clean Seas Co. · 346 B.R. 571
• Vigeant v. Zimmer, Inc. · 612 F. Supp. 1043
• Correia v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. · 446 N.E.2d 1033
• Uloth v. City Tank Corp. · 384 N.E.2d 1188
• Carey v. General Motors Corp. · 387 N.E.2d 583
• Braden v. Hendricks · 695 P.2d 1343
• Ogle v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. · 716 P.2d 334
• Wolfe v. Ford Motor Co. · 434 N.E.2d 1008
• Bowler v. Stewart-Warner Corp. · 563 A.2d 344
• Hadar v. Concordia Yacht Builders, Inc. · 886 F. Supp. 1082
• Wood v. General Motors Corp. · 673 F. Supp. 1108
• Public Service Mutual Insurance v. Empire Comfort Systems, Inc. · 573 F. Supp. 2d 372
• Slatkavitz v. General Motors Corp. · 523 F. Supp. 383
• Mullins v. Pine Manor College · 449 N.E.2d 331
• Cohen v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. · 450 N.E.2d 581
• Bay State-Spray & Provincetown Steamship, Inc. v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. · 533 N.E.2d 1350
• Commonwealth v. Johnson Insulation · 425 Mass. 650
• Guzman v. MRM/ELGIN WILLCOX & GIBBS, INC. · 567 N.E.2d 929
• Galvin v. Welsh Manufacturing Co. · 416 N.E.2d 183
• Soule v. Massachusetts Electric Co. · 390 N.E.2d 716
• Mason v. General Motors Corp. · 490 N.E.2d 437
• Jacobs v. Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. · 420 Mass. 323

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