CAIAZZO v. VOLKSWAGENWERK A. G.

No. 969, Docket No. 79-7419.

647 F.2d 241 (1981)

Turi CAIAZZO and Frank Caiazzo, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK A. G., Defendant-Appellant, and Volkswagen of America, Inc., Bruce Beard Volkswagen, Inc. and James Valentine, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Dankner, New York City (David L. Perkins, Lipsig, Sullivan, Mollen & Liapakis, P.C., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael Hoenig, New York City (Herbert Rubin, Edward L. Birnbaum, Jeffrey L. Chase, Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C., New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Before MANSFIELD and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and GOETTEL, District Judge.


GOETTEL, District Judge:

Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft ("VWAG") appeals from a judgment entered against it on May 9, 1979 for damages arising out of an automobile collision between plaintiffs-appellees, Turi and Frank Caiazzo, who were driving a minibus manufactured by appellant, and defendant James Valentine, who has not joined in this appeal.1

The Caiazzos' claim against VWAG arises...

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