Frericks v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Maryland law imposing secondary liability for design defect in breach of warranty claim where car was sold in Maryland, although accident occurred in North Carolina
• applying Maryland law imposing secondary liability for design defect in breach of warranty claim where car was sold in Maryland, although accident occurred in North Carolina
• discussing contractual privity requirement in breach of warranty cases and statutory changes thereto
• “[P]laintiffs, as third party beneficiaries, are not required... to notify the seller of a breach of warranty and are therefore not precluded from pursuing a remedy for breach.” (footnote omitted)
• interpreting pre-suit notice statute, Md. Code Ann. § 2-607

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Zenobia
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-02-14· cited 337×
• Phipps v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-29· cited 219×
• Philip Morris Inc. v. Angeletti
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-05-16· cited 212×
• Hauch v. Connor
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-01-04· cited 186×
• Buehler v. Whalen
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-03-14· cited 160×
• Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-10· cited 152×
• Mauzy v. Hornbeck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-05-03· cited 90×
• Shaw v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  D. Maryland· 1997-08-15· cited 66×
• Goldstein v. G. D. Searle & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-06-02· cited 43×
• Mattos, Inc. v. Hash
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-02-08· cited 42×
• Simmons v. Clemco Industries
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-01-12· cited 41×
• David D. COLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KELLER INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-01-06· cited 38×
• Safer v. Perper
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-11-30· cited 38×
• Armco Steel Corp. v. Isaacson Structural Steel Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-05-09· cited 32×
• Jefferson v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-12-14· cited 32×
• Pulte Home Corp. v. Parex, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-05-24· cited 31×
• Loh v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1980-11-07· cited 28×
• Taylor v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 1983-01-17· cited 24×
• Mills v. International Harvester Co.
  D. Maryland· 1982-11-17· cited 20×
• Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Cannon
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-11-09· cited 16×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1968-03-11· cited 413×
• Berry v. G. D. Searle & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-03-29· cited 185×
• Barbara F. Evans, Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy Evans, Deceased v. General Motors Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1966-04-15· cited 179×
• Lynx, Inc. v. Ordnance Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-11-06· cited 171×
• Von Der Ahe Van Lines, Inc. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1966-10-10· cited 161×
• Otto E. Pritchard v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
  Third Circuit· 1961-11-07· cited 115×
• Wights v. Staff Jennings, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1965-09-10· cited 83×
• Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Young
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-07-08· cited 78×
• Frericks v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-03-26· cited 54×
• Chaffin v. Atlanta Coca Cola Bottling Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-11-09· cited 34×
• Estate of Sloan
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-11-15· cited 32×
• Davidson v. Wee
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1963-03-07· cited 30×
• Blankenship v. Morrison MacHine Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-10-10· cited 24×
• San Antonio v. Warwick Club Ginger Ale Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-12-20· cited 21×
• Wagner Tractor, Inc. v. Shields
  Ninth Circuit· 1967-07-11· cited 19×
• Alexander v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company
  W.D. North Carolina· 1971-08-19· cited 18×
• Wright v. Bank of California
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-09-29· cited 13×
• Iva Hampton v. Gebhardt's Chili Powder Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1961-08-09· cited 12×