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TOYOTA MOTOR CO., LTD. v. SANFORD

No. 51308.

375 So.2d 1036 (1979)

TOYOTA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD., a Japanese Corporation v. Lois Marie SANFORD, Guardian of Janet Marie Sanford Windham, a minor and Sole Surviving Heir of Terry Michael Windham, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan, Nelson, Allen & Schroeder, Harry R. Allen, Gulfport, for appellant.

Gray, Montague, Jackson, Pittman & Hammond, S. Robert Hammond, Jr., Hattiesburg, for appellee.

Before SMITH, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Terry Windham was killed in a one-car motor vehicle accident when the pickup truck which he was driving overturned. An action for damages was begun in the Circuit Court of Covington County against Toyota Motor Company, Ltd., a Japanese Corporation, and its local dealer, by Windham's widow and sole heir for his alleged wrongful death.

The first trial of the case resulted in a mistrial when neither side could muster the...

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