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FINCHUM v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Nos. 94-2277 & 94-3947.

57 F.3d 526 (1995)

Richard and Sandra FINCHUM, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and Kia Motors Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Submitted May 8, 1995.

Decided June 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. King, J. Kevin King (argued), Cline, King & King, Columbus, IN, Tom G. Jones, Jones, Drury & Hoffman, Franklin, IN, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wayne C. Kreuscher (argued), Joseph C. Chapelle, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, Donald H. Dawson, Jr., Kathleen A. Clark, Ernest R. Bazzana, Plunkett & Cooney, Detroit, MI, Sarah J. Goldberg, Ford Motor Co., Office of the General Counsel, Dearborn, MI, for defendants-appellees.

Before ESCHBACH, COFFEY, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Richard and Sandra Finchum were waiting in their 1989 Ford Festiva to make a left turn at an intersection when their car was rear-ended. To recover for the injuries they suffered due to their car's allegedly defective design, the Finchums sued their car's makers, Ford Motor Company ("Ford") and Kia Motors Corporation ("Kia") in diversity under Indiana law. After a jury verdict in favor of the defendants, the Finchums appealed from the jury...

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