Maher 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.

• noting absence of evidence “adduced through expert testimony or otherwise concerning any specific defect”
• giving preclusive effect to a jury verdict that the operator of a motor vehicle negligently caused an accident in the operator’s later suit against the motor vehicle manufacturer
• court declined to \engage in the futile exercise of remanding the case for a new trial in which the plaintiff could not prevail\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Swartz v. General Motors Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-06· cited 85×
• Carey v. General Motors Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-04· cited 72×
• Alston v. Town of Brookline, MA
  First Circuit· 2021-05-07· cited 54×
• Power Service Supply, Inc. v. E. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-02-05· cited 20×
• Gynan v. Jeep Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-05· cited 15×
• Gifford v. Westwood Lodge Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-05-18· cited 15×
• Sultis v. General Motors Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1988-06-03· cited 6×
• Bulpett v. Dodge Associates, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-08-11· cited 6×
• Robinson v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-01-07· cited 3×
• Siegel v. Mut. Life Ins. Co. of New York
  D. Massachusetts· 1980-06-04· cited 1×
• Haley v. Moyen Construction Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-04
• City of Waltham v. Missel
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1983-03-11
• Natal v. City of New Bedford
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2001-08-06
• Ferragut v. Leondires
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 1989-08-09

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Home Owners Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Northwestern Fire & Marine Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-06-07· cited 90×
• Samia v. Central Oil Co. of Worcester
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-04-28· cited 83×
• Ryan v. Fall River Iron Works Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1908-11-24· cited 63×
• Giedrewicz v. Donovan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-12-28· cited 53×
• Cambria v. Jeffery
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-10-21· cited 33×
• LeBlanc v. Ford Motor Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-06-06· cited 28×
• Currie v. Lee Equipment Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-08· cited 20×