SELLON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Civ. A. No. 79-611.

571 F.Supp. 1094 (1983)

Orville SELLON and Levi Baggs, Administrator of the Estate of Alice Baggs, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Christine F. SMITH, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

September 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Wier, Jr., and Michael T. Ward, of Kreshtool, Wier & Waserstein, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiffs.

Somers S. Price, Jr., and Sue L. Robinson, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for defendant.

Wayne N. Elliott, of Prickett, Jones, Elliott, Kristol & Schnee, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant.


OPINION

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge:

Plaintiffs, Orville Sellon and Levi Baggs, administrator of the Estate of Alice Baggs, have brought suit against General Motors Corporation ("GMC") for negligence, breach of warranty, fraud and strict liability in tort. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant improperly designed the fuel storage system of a 1973 Oldsmobile Omega which is alleged to have exploded in a rear-end collision which resulted in the death...

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