DORSEY v. HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD.

No. 79-3845.

655 F.2d 650 (1981)

Glen K. DORSEY, Jr. and Barbara J. Dorsey, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross Appellees, v. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY LTD. et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross Appellants. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY LTD., Defendant-Appellant Cross Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

September 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frates, Floyd, Pearson, Stewart, Richman & Greer, Gary D. Fox, Larry S. Stewart, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross appellees.

Anthony M. Lanzone & Assoc., Anthony M. Lanzone, Robert A. Calinoff, New York City, for defendants-appellees-cross appellants.

DeWolf, Ward, Morris, Wohlust, Jontz & O'Donnell, John L. O'Donnell, Jr., Thomas B. DeWolf, Orlando, Fla., for Honda Motor Company Ltd.

Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, John Edwin Fisher, Orlando, Fla., for Continental Cas. Co.

Joe N. Unger, Miami, Fla., for Honda Motor Co. Ltd., American Honda Motor and Mission Ins.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, and MORGAN and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, Glen K. Dorsey, Jr., suffered serious injuries when his 1971 Honda AN 600, a small automobile, collided with a full size Ford. In this Florida diversity case Dorsey and his wife Barbara sued the manufacturer, Honda Motor Company Ltd., (Honda), and the distributor, American Honda Motor Company, on several alternative grounds: negligent design,1 negligent failure to warn of defects, strict product liability...

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