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ROY v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 87-6340.

896 F.2d 1174 (1990)

Doug ROY, Jr., Marsha Roy; Shannon Roy, a minor, By and Through her guardian Ad Litem, Doug Roy, Jr.; Doug Roy, III, a minor, by and through his guardian Ad Litem, Doug Roy, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.; Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, a German Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Levy, Horitz and Levy, Encino, Cal., David M. Harney, Harney and Packer, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael A. Zuk, Herzfeld and Rubin, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before HUG and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and David A. Ezra, District Judge.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

I. BACKGROUND

A. Nature of the Case

This is a products liability action arising from a single-vehicle car accident involving a 1958 Volkswagen van designed and distributed by appellees Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft and Volkswagen of America, Inc. (collectively, "VW"). Appellants, the Roy family, were seriously injured when their 1958 VW van, driven by Doug Roy, Jr., rolled and caught fire. The Roys filed suit in...

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