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SEESE v. VOLKSWAGENWERK A. G.

No. 80-1659.

648 F.2d 833 (1981)

Barry Lynn SEESE, Reinaldo Irizarry, Jr., Martin Ramos and Marcos Torres, Administrator for the Estate of Jose Torres, deceased, Appellees, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK A. G., a West German corporation and Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Dolan (argued), Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan & Purcell, Newark, N. J., for appellants.

Harold Ungar (argued), John J. Buckley, Jr., Williams & Connolly, Washington, D. C., Henry H. Wallace, Wallace, Chapas & Gravina, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before ADAMS, GARTH and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied June 26, 1981.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

This products liability action stems from a single car "roll-over" accident of a Volkswagen van. The plaintiffs sought to recover on causes of action sounding in strict liability, breach of warranty and failure to design a crashworthy vehicle. The case went forward on strict liability and "crashworthiness" theories. The jury awarded damages to the plaintiffs...

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