Drouin

Plaintiff purchased a motor home manufactured by defendant Fleetwood Enterprises (Fleetwood).

From the date of delivery, plaintiff encountered numerous problems with the motor home. It was returned for repairs to the dealer, the manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania, and various authorized facilities in several states.

Subsequently, some 3 months and less than 9,000 miles after purchase, while still under express warranties, the motor home broke down in Arizona. Fleetwood told plaintiff to take the motor home to Virginia to get it repaired. Fleetwood did not tell her how to get it there.

Plaintiff repaired to the courts to obtain justice. She got some in the trial court and will get some more here.

On July 16, 1980, plaintiff filed her third amended complaint naming as defendants, among others, General Motors Corporation (GM), General Electric Credit Corporation (GECC), and Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. (Fleetwood).

Plaintiff’s first cause of action alleged that defendants GM and Fleetwood breached implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Plaintiff’s second cause of action alleged defendants wilfully breached express warranties to…