VEAL v. TELEFLEX INC.

88-1605, 88-1606, 88-1661 and 88-1662.

586 So.2d 188 (1991)

Larry VEAL, as administrator of the Estate of Larry Randal Veal, deceased v. TELEFLEX, INC., et al. James D. STIDHAM, as administrator of the Estate of James E. Stidham, deceased v. TELEFLEX, INC., et al. MERCURY MARINE, a DIVISION OF the BRUNSWICK CORPORATION v. Larry VEAL, as administrator of the Estate of Larry Randal Veal, deceased. MERCURY MARINE, a DIVISION OF the BRUNSWICK CORPORATION v. James Donald STIDHAM, as administrator of the Estate of James Edwin Stidham, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve A. Baccus and J. Michael Tanner of Almon, McAlister, Ashe, Baccus & Tanner, Tuscumbia, for appellants, cross-appellees Larry Veal and James Donald Stidham.

John W. Clark, Jr., Anthony N. Fox and Amy K. Myers of Clark & Scott, Birmingham, for appellee, cross-appellant Mercury Marine.

Daniel G. McDowell, Russellville, and Francis P. Manchisi, New York City, for appellee Teleflex, Inc.

N. Price Nimmo and Richardson R. Lynn, Nashville, Tenn., and William Bedford, Russellville, for appellee Marine Group, Inc.


ADAMS, Justice.

These wrongful death cases arise out of a boating accident that occurred on September 1, 1986, on Bear Creek Lake in Northwest Alabama. The administrators of the estates of James E. Stidham and Larry Randal ("Randy") Veal appeal judgments on jury verdicts of $15,000 each against Teleflex, Inc., the manufacturer of the steering system on the boat in question, and judgments in favor of Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation, successor to...

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