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HIATT v. MAZDA MOTOR CORP.

No. 94-3629.

75 F.3d 1252 (1996)

Jay HIATT, Appellant, v. MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, formerly known as Toyo Kogyo Co. Ltd.; Mazda Motor, of America, Inc., Appellees. MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, formerly known as Toyo Kogyo Co. Ltd.; Mazda Motor, of America, Inc., Third Party Plaintiffs, v. Rodney D. WADLOW, Appellee, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Schulze, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued. Also appearing (Darryl E. Baker, Little Rock, Arkansas, on the brief), for appellant.

Stephen R. Lancaster, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued (Roger A. Glasgow and Troy A. Price, on the brief), for appellees Mazda Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor of America.

Appellee, Rodney Wadlow's portion of the case was submitted on the briefs without oral argument. Appearing on the brief were James W. Tilley and Julia L. Busfield of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Before MAGILL, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Jay Hiatt filed this diversity of citizenship action to recover damages for injuries he suffered as a passenger in an automobile involved in a one-car accident on a rural road near Morrilton, Arkansas. Hiatt named as defendants in the action the manufacturer of the vehicle, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda Motor), and the distributor, Mazda Motor, of America Inc. (Mazda America) (Mazda Motor and Mazda America sometimes referred to herein...

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