Sipes 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.

• “A design defect exists if a safer alternative design existed and ‘the defect was a producing cause of the personal injury, property damage, or death for which the claimant seeks recovery.’ ” [Emphasis added.]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• American Interstate Insurance Co. v. Hinson
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2005-08-11· cited 67×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,170 Generoso Perez-Trujillo v. Volvo Car Corporation (Sweden)
  First Circuit· 1998-03-05· cited 57×
• Turbines, Inc. v. Dardis
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1999-07-30· cited 55×
• Shaun T. Mian Corp. v. Hewlett-Packard Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2007-11-27· cited 49×
• Rangel v. Lapin
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2005-04-28· cited 43×
• Lattrell v. Chrysler Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2002-07-16· cited 40×
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Rios
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-07-01· cited 39×
• Cansler v. Mills
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-04-02· cited 37×
• Parsons v. Ford Motor Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2002-09-19· cited 27×
• Rodger Nelson Smith, Jr. v. Louisville Ladder Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-01-11· cited 26×
• Chandler v. Gene Messer Ford, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2002-08-22· cited 26×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Gonzalez
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1999-11-30· cited 22×
• Nielsen v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1999-12-10· cited 19×
• Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Ramirez
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2002-05-09· cited 18×
• Gerber v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2005-07-01· cited 15×
• Jesus Zavala, Jr. v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2011-08-24· cited 12×
• Ridgway v. Ford Motor Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2002-05-09· cited 9×
• Coghlan v. Aquasport Marine Corp.
  S.D. Texas· 1999-10-08· cited 9×
• Harold A. Rumzek v. Bryan D. Lucchesi
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2017-11-15· cited 9×
• Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2005-09-09· cited 6×

Cites

49 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-01· cited 7,748×
• Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 6,606×
• Kindred v. Con/Chem, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-05-11· cited 1,865×
• McGalliard v. Kuhlmann
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-12-03· cited 1,477×
• National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. CBI Industries, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-10-05· cited 1,247×
• Plas-Tex, Inc. v. U.S. Steel Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1989-04-19· cited 1,163×
• Cincinnati Life Insurance Co. v. Cates
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-09-19· cited 997×
• Swilley v. Hughes
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-10-04· cited 826×
• Tenneco Inc. v. Enterprise Products Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 794×
• Villegas v. Carter
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-06-18· cited 598×
• Black v. Victoria Lloyds Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1990-11-14· cited 331×
• Anderson v. Snider
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-05-30· cited 312×
• Chessher v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-10-05· cited 298×
• Turner v. General Motors Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1979-06-13· cited 248×
• Huddell v. Levin
  Third Circuit· 1976-05-05· cited 231×
• Darryl v. Ford Motor Company
  Texas Supreme Court· 1969-04-23· cited 209×
• General Motors Corp. v. Hopkins
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-02-23· cited 180×
• DiFranco v. Pickard
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1986-12-23· cited 173×
• Bristol-Myers Co. v. Gonzales
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-02-01· cited 164×
• Republic National Leasing Corp. v. Schindler
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-10-15· cited 155×