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· 4/14/1999

Briehl v. General Motors Corporation

Citations

  • 172 F.3d 623

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims due to their failure “to allege any manifest defect.”
  • affirming dismissal of class-action lawsuit for fraud and breach of warranty where the only damage claimed from allegedly defective anti-lock brake system was overpayment and diminished resale value
  • collecting cases and dismissing claims brought under any theory for allegedly defective anti-lock braking systems where plaintiffs’ brakes never malfunctioned or failed
  • noting that \[t]he Plaintiffs do not allege that the [brake system] is incapable of stopping the vehicles or that [the brake system] has violated any national safety standards\ and finding that the plaintiffs had failed to calculate any damages due to lost resale value
  • finding no cause of action for breach of express and implied warranties and fraudulent concealment where plaintiffs never claimed failure in brake performance and only sought damages for lost resale value and overpayment
  • dismissing plaintiff’s breach of implied warranty claim where the plaintiffs suffered no injury

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