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ROORDA v. VOLKSWAGENWERK, A. G.

Civ. A. No. 76-2237.

481 F.Supp. 868 (1979)

Ralph Earl ROORDA, Plaintiff, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK, A. G., a/k/a Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

December 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis I. Kahn, Charleston, S. C., James H. Toms, Hendersonville, N. C., Herbert Resner, San Francisco, Cal. for plaintiff.

Joseph R. Young, Charleston, S. C., for defendant.

ORDER

BLATT, District Judge.

Ralph Earl Roorda, the plaintiff herein, is a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down, and without sight in one eye. He alleges that these injuries were caused by a defective Volkswagen automobile which had been manufactured by defendant, Volkswagenwerk, A.G., — (hereinafter referred to as VWAG) — in West Germany. The vehicle was sold by VWAG to a dealer in West Germany, who then sold it to a purchaser there....

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