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YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. v. THORNTON

89-1618.

579 So.2d 619 (1991)

YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD., and Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. v. William L. THORNTON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bibb Allen, James B. Carlson and Deborah Alley Smith of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellants.

Frank M. Wilson of Beasley, Wilson, Allen, Mendelsohn & Jemison, Montgomery, for appellee.

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

SHORES, Justice.

The opinion of March 22, 1991, is withdrawn and the following is substituted therefor:

This is a wrongful death/products liability case involving an 11-year-old boy, Keyeion A. Thornton. Keyeion was killed on Christmas Day 1987 when he lost control of his new Yamaha BW80S motorcycle and crashed into the window of a neighbor's house. The BW80S owner's manual described the vehicle as "intended for beginning...

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