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KUDLACEK v. FIAT SPA

No. S-91-435.

509 N.W.2d 603 (1994)

244 Neb. 822

Eugene and Connie KUDLACEK, Guardians and Conservators of Christopher Kudlacek, A Protected Person, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. FIAT S.p.A. and Fiat Motors of North America, Inc., Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.J. Bruckner, John V. Hendry, and Michael K. High, of Bruckner, O'Gara, Keating, Hendry, Davis & Nedved, P.C., Lincoln, for appellants.

Gerald L. Friedrichsen, of Fitzgerald, Schorr, Barmettler & Brennan, Omaha, and George J. Lavin, Jr., and Thomas J. Bradley, of Lavin, Coleman, Finarelli & Gray, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees.

HASTINGS, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, and LANPHIER, JJ.

LANPHIER, Justice.

Eugene and Connie Kudlacek brought this product liability action against Fiat S.p.A. and Fiat Motors of North America, Inc. (hereinafter jointly Fiat), as guardians and conservators of their son, Christopher Kudlacek, for injuries sustained by Christopher Kudlacek in an accident in which he was an automobile passenger. Plaintiffs presented evidence to support their claims that (1) the Fiat X1/9 automobile was defectively designed because it did...

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