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VAUGHN v. NISSAN MOTOR CORP. IN U.S.A., INC.

No. 95-1086.

77 F.3d 736 (1996)

Donna VAUGHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION IN U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James B. Richardson, Jr., Svalina, Richardson & Smith, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Joel Haywood Smith, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Samuel L. Svalina, Svalina, Richardson & Smith, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Stephen G. Morrison, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Before RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges, and THORNBURG, United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge HALL wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL and Judge THORNBURG joined.

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

In this products liability suit, Donna Vaughn appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A. (Nissan). Because a jury instruction on a key issue was erroneous, and we cannot say that the error was...

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