KETCHUM v. HYUNDAI MOTOR CO.

Docket No. B077874.

49 Cal.App.4th 1672 (1996)

ADAM KETCHUM, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants; OFFSHORE CRANE COMPANY, INC., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

October 11, 1996


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hillsinger & Costanzo, Darrell A. Forgey, William S. Hart, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, David M. Heilbron, Leslie G. Landau and M. Russell Wofford, Jr., for Defendants and Appellants.

Robinson, Phillips & Calcagnie, Mark P. Robinson, Jr., Kevin F. Calcagnie, Esner, Zakheim & Higa, Rosalyn S. Zakheim, Esner, Higa & Chang and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Mower, Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, Jon R. Mower and Ellen Hunter for Respondents.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

EPSTEIN, Acting P.J.

Hyundai Motor Company and Hyundai Motor America (hereafter Hyundai or appellant) appeal from a $14 million judgment against them for injuries sustained by nine-year-old Adam Ketchum while a passenger in a Hyundai automobile. Appellant contends the court's answer to a jury question essentially directed a verdict on the issues...

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