Product Liability
Apr. 5, 2001
Blameworthiness
Ten years ago, Lambert v. General Motors had all the elements of a loser case. A teen-age driver, whose blood tested just a sip shy of drunk, fell asleep at the wheel on a desert freeway traveling 70 mph, then veered off the road and rolled his 1985 Chevy S-10 Blazer at least four times. The driver, 18-year-old Robbie Lambert, admitted he was completely at fault in the July 1990 accident that broke his neck and rendered him quadriplegic.




Ten years ago, Lambert v. General Motors had all the elements of a loser case.
A teen-age driver, whose blood tested just a sip shy of drunk, fell asleep at the wheel on a desert freeway traveling 70 mph, then veered off the road and rolled his...
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