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Title: General Motors Corporation v. Bloyed
Author : In the Supreme Court of Texas
Release Date : January 09, 1996
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 71 KB

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February 9, 1996 On Application for Writ of Error to the Court of Appeals for the Sixth District of Texas Argued on March 21, 1995 JUSTICE CORNYN delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALL JUSTICES join. The question in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 42(e) when it approved the settlement of a class action involving about 645,000 owners of certain pickup trucks manufactured by General Motors Corporation (GMC). The plaintiffs claim that the trucks' side-saddle gas tanks, located outside the vehicle frame, make the trucks particularly vulnerable to combustion and fire after side impact. The plaintiffs sought only economic damages of diminished market value or cost of repair; the plaintiffs specifically excluded claims for personal injury or death.