VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC. v. MARINELLI

Nos. 1911644, 1911645.

628 So.2d 378 (1993)

VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., et al. v. Lyla MARINELLI, etc., and John J. Madonia, etc.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jere F. White, Jr., and Harlan I. Prater IV of Lightfoot, Franklin, White & Lucas, Birmingham, and Ian Ceresney, Michael Hoenig, and William C. Guida of Herzfeld & Rubin, New York City, for appellants.

R. Ben Hogan III and James R. Pratt III of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, P.C., Birmingham, for appellees.


MADDOX, Justice.

These appeals arise from a wrongful death action based on a one-vehicle rollover accident involving a Volkswagen motor vehicle known as a "Thing." Volkswagen's major claim of error is that it was deprived of its right to have its theory of the case presented to the jury by proper instructions, because the trial court instructed the jury on the "crashworthiness doctrine" rather than on the Alabama Extended...

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