SELF v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 41247.

42 Cal.App.3d 1 (1974)

116 Cal. Rptr. 575

THOMAS L. SELF et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant; VERNE PRIOR, Defendant and Respondent. GEORGE WILLIAM MOORE et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

September 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Heily, Blase, Ellison & Wellcome, DeWitt F. Blase and Edward L. Lascher, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Spray, Gould & Bowers, L. Raymond Millard, Richard A. Neumeyer, Hillsinger & Costanzo, John J. Costanzo, Robert V. Keller, Ross L. Malone and Thomas W. Watkins for Defendant and Appellant.

No appearance for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

FLEMING, J.

At 11 p.m. on 10 April 1968, Verne Prior, driving on U.S. 101 under the influence of alcohol and drugs at a speed of 65 to 85 miles an hour, crashed his 1963 Chrysler into the left rear of a 1962 Chevrolet station wagon stopped on the shoulder of the freeway for a flat tire. In the crash the Chevrolet station wagon was knocked into a gully, its fuel tank ruptured, and...

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