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Meyering v. General Motors Corp.
Citation:
Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 1, California, 1990. 232 Cal.App.3d 1163, 275 Cal.Rptr. 346.Facts
The Plaintiff, Kurt Meyering, was severely injured when a chunk of concrete struck him on the head. The chunk of concrete was thrown from a freeway overpass by two juveniles. At the time he was injured, the Plaintiff was driving a 1984 Chevrolet Corvette manufactured by the Defendant, General Motors Corp. The concrete chunk struck the Plaintiff after penetrating the car’s sunroof. The Plaintiff complained that the Defendant was negligent in the design, manufacture, and distribution of the vehicle. The Plaintiff’s theory was that the sunroom was made from a plexiglass that was too thin and too weak.
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