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ALEXANDER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. S96G0657.

478 S.E.2d 123 (1996)

267 Ga. 339

ALEXANDER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Professor L. Lynn Hogue, Georgia State Univeristy, Atlanta, Kenneth F. Dunham, Marietta, Chris Jensen, Atlanta, Margaret N. Paton, Marietta, for Phillip Alexander, Jr.

Terry R. Howell, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Atlanta, for General Motors Corp.

Corliss L. Worford, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Atlanta.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

Alexander was injured while driving in Virginia when the driver's seat of his General Motors vehicle, purchased new in Georgia, failed in a collision and caused him to be ejected from the vehicle. He sued General Motors in Georgia under a strict liability theory. The trial court granted partial summary judgment to General Motors, ruling that because the injuries occurred in Virginia, that state's substantive law would be applied. Because there...

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