Jenkins v. General Motors Corp.

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• finding that there was evidence of several plausible explanations for the vehicle’s brakes to fail other than a manufacturing defect
• finding that there was evidence of several plausible explanations for the vehicle’s brakes to fail other than a manufacturing defect
• holding “the mere fact of a tire blowout does not tend to establish that the tire was defective because blowouts can be attributed to myriad causes” (quotation marks, alterations, and brackets omitted)
• refusing to allow plaintiff to rely on circumstantial evidence of a brake defect where there were “several plausible explanations for the brake failure, including negligent brake repair or excessive trailer weight”
• affirming summary judgment in favor of defendant as to plaintiff's breach of implied warranty of merchantability claim because plaintiff “failed to show any probative evidence that [defendant] was responsible for the [product’s] failure”
• absent producing the allegedly defective brakes, plaintiff could not survive summary judgment on circumstantial evidence given there was no expert testimony suggesting brake defect

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