DEATHS IN CAR
G.M. Freed Of Blame
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SAN JOSE (California). August 11.
General Motors was acquitted today of responsibility for the performance of a 1960 rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair which was involved three years ago in a double highway fatality. A jury returned an 11-1 verdict in favour of General Motors, the world’s largest car manufacturer, at the end of a 10-week trial. The ruling went against Mrs Doreen Collins, of California, who sought 400.000 dollars on the contention that a faulty 1960 Corvair caused an accident that resulted in the deaths of her daughter. Lorraine, aged 7, and a friend, John Taylor, aged 38.
Counsel for Mrs Collins said the case represented the first of 500 law suits across the United States to be decided on Corvairs manufactured between 1960 and 1964. Mrs Collins charged that the accident was caused by the alleged “defective design" of the Corvair’s rear axle. Stirling Moss, the former British racing champion, testified during the trial on behalf of the 1960 Corvair, terming it a “safe car."
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30827, 12 August 1965, Page 13
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