Dennis C. Sours v. General Motors Corporation

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he very federal safety statute upon which General Motors relies makes it abundantly clear that compliance with the regulations promulgated thereunder does not immunize a manufacturer from common law liability.”
• \[T]he very federal safety statute upon which General Motors relies makes it abundantly clear that compliance with the regulations promulgated thereunder does not immunize a manufacturer from common law liability.\
• “We hold that, regardless of whether the evidence should have been admitted, its exclusion, if error at all, was harmless.” (emphasis added)
• \[T]he very federal safety statute upon which GM relies makes it abundantly clear that compliance with the regulations promulgated thereunder does not immunize a manufacturer from common law liability.\ (citing 15 U.S.C. § 1397(c) (1976))
• “We hesitate to announce a decision, unless absolutely required to do so, in an important area of state law where there is no sure guidance from the state courts.”
• evidentiary error is harmless when other substantial evidence supports jury verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).