Shipler 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 that “uncertainty as to the fact of whether damages were sustained at all is fatal to recovery”
• interpreting amendments to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-21, 185.07 to 185.12 as excluding comparative negligence as a defense in any strict products liability actions
• approving admission of evidence of similar incidents for purpose of considering defective design and knowledge of manufacturer, but for no other purpose
• “A plaintiffs evidence of damages may not be speculative or conjectural and must provide a reasonably certain basis for calculating damages.”
• under joint and several liability, either tort-feasor may be held liable for entire damage
• “last expression of legislative will is the law”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).