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To: Ilaine who wrote (31811)	7/13/1999 11:57:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Isn't this analogous to invasion of privacy cases?

To: Ilaine who wrote (31811)	7/14/1999 10:14:00 AM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<Interesting. What is the question? >> It just seemed to me that a customer shouldn't have to buy technology that may be used against him in court. <<Can they use the information in court? >> GM hopes too in order to prove damages and deaths are due to driver error. <<Did GM abuse the discovery process by failing to tell the other litigating party (plaintiff, probably) that this device existed? >> There hasn't been a case yet, it's a new thing. They also haven't been telling buyers that the cars contain the device.