General Motors Corp. v. Harper

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding a test constituted no evidence that an alternative design for seat-belt webbing would protect a driver from the principal risk of impacting a steering wheel when test did not involve steering wheels or steering columns
• reversing plaintiffs jury award in products liability seat belt restraint suit because design expert’s testimony failed to establish causation
• concluding a test constituted no evidence that an alternative design for seat-belt webbing would protect a driver from the principal risk of impacting a steering wheel when test did not involve steering wheels or steering columns
• reversing plaintiff’s jury award in products liability seat belt restraint suit because design expert’s testimony failed to establish causation
• A Unsupported statements that an alternative design would be safer is not evidence. @
• “When part of a document contains hearsay and part of it is admissible, the objection should point out the statements claimed to be hearsay and specifically object to those statements.” (emphasis added)

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Cited by

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

• Marvelli v. Alston
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2003-04-10· cited 128×
• In the Interest of E.A.K.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2006-02-28· cited 100×
• General Motors Corporation v. Burry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-06-29· cited 77×
• Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Central of Tennessee Railway & Navigation Co. v. Central of Tennessee Railway & Navigation Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2003-10-02· cited 58×
• Casey v. Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-10-20· cited 48×
• Flock v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-02-07· cited 47×
• Rangel v. Lapin
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-04-28· cited 43×
• in the Interest of K.C.P. and J.D.P., Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2004-08-09· cited 43×
• HealthTronics, Inc. v. Lisa Laser USA, Inc. and Lisa Laser Products, OHG
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2012-08-31· cited 42×
• Whitmire v. Terex Telelect, Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2005-05-05· cited 31×
• MCI Sales and Service, Inc. v. Hinton
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-12-09· cited 28×
• Austin v. Weems
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-02-24· cited 28×
• the City of El Paso, Texas v. Mazie's, L.P. and Whitney Properties, L.P.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2012-12-19· cited 28×
• Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Wausau Underwriters Insurance
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-17· cited 18×
• Costilla v. Crown Equipment Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2004-11-15· cited 16×
• Hicks v. Charles Pfizer & Co. Inc.
  E.D. Texas· 2005-09-29· cited 11×
• Achman Ex Rel. Kemp v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2014-05-09· cited 10×
• Sunl Group, Inc. v. Zhejiang Yongkang Top Imp. & Exp. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2013-01-29· cited 10×
• Champion v. Great Dane Ltd. Partnership
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2009-05-07· cited 7×
• Daimlerchrysler Corp. v. Hillhouse Ex Rel. Hillhouse
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2005-02-23· cited 5×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-11-13· cited 3,583×
• Maritime Overseas Corp. v. Ellis
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-03· cited 1,981×
• EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Robinson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 1,699×
• Transportation Insurance Co. v. Moriel
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-08· cited 1,624×
• Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. Martinez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-11-12· cited 1,132×
• Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Crye
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 1,065×
• Leitch v. Hornsby
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-12-13· cited 889×
• Associated Indemnity Corp. v. CAT Contracting, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-05-08· cited 768×
• Union Pump Co. v. Allbritton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 419×
• Rourke v. Garza
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-11-05· cited 342×
• General Motors Corp. v. Sanchez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-07-01· cited 263×
• GMC v. Saenz on Behalf of Saenz
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-05-11· cited 224×
• Schaefer v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-12-31· cited 187×
• Speier v. Webster College
  Texas Supreme Court· 1981-05-06· cited 105×
• Sims v. Washex MacHinery Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-09-19· cited 40×
• Church & Dwight Co., Inc. v. Huey
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-01-13· cited 36×
• Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Schaefer
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-04-24· cited 11×
• Maritime Overseas Corp. v. Ellis
  Supreme Court· 1998-11-30· cited 2×