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VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT v. MERRITT

No. 75-28.

531 S.W.2d 938 (1976)

VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Appellant, v. Michael Raymond MERRITT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Supplemental Opinion on Denial of Rehearing February 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barber, McCaskill, Amsler & Jones, Little Rock, Herzfeld & Rubin, P. C., New York City, for appellant.

Hall, Tucker & Lovell, Benton, Patten & Brown, Little Rock, for appellee.

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal by Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, hereafter referred to as VWAG, from a circuit court judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, Michael Raymond Merritt, in a suit for personal injuries allegedly caused by the negligent design of a Volkswagen automobile.

The facts appear as follows: Mr. Jeffus, Mr. Rickett and the appellee, Mr. Merritt, were friends and neighbors living in and near Benton, Arkansas. Mr. Rickett operated...

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