O'DOWD v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Docket No. 70460, (Calendar No. 5).

419 Mich. 597 (1984)

358 N.W.2d 553

O'DOWD v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Stempien, P.C. (by Ronald R. Stempien), and Gregory J. Stempien, P.C. (by Gregory J. Stempien), for the plaintiff.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg (by Derek I. Meier and Jeffrey M. Lipshaw) and Mary Ann McKinnon, of counsel, for General Motors Corporation.


LEVIN, J.

The question presented is whether an automobile manufacturer, subject to liability to the personal representative of the estate of a person killed in an automobile accident pursuant to the wrongful death act,1 and a purveyor of intoxicating liquor, subject to liability under the dramshop act2 to the wife and child of the deceased for providing liquor to...

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