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COOPER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 92-CA-01334-SCT.

702 So.2d 428 (1997)

Wallace B. COOPER, Vivion A. Cooper and Buddy Ray Cooper v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Louisa Dixon, as Commissioner Of Public Safety, and Estate of William H. White (Deceased).

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Featherston, Jr., Ridgeland, Richard D. Stratton, James R. Pratt, III, Hogan Smith & Alspaugh, Birmingham, AL, for Appellants.

Charles Gregory Copeland, Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush, Jackson, Keith D. Obert, Akers & Overt, Brandon, Eugene D. Martenson, Christopher S. Rodgers, Huie Fernambacq & Stewart, Birmingham, David M. Heilbron, San Francisco, CA, for Appellees.

John L. Walker, Jr., Walker Walker & Green, Jackson, C. Victor Welsh, III, Crymes G. Pittman, Pittman Germany Roberts & Welsh, Jackson, Jay Boling, Merdian, William Liston, Winona, Roland C. Lewis, Jackson, Michael T. Jaques, Langston Frazer Sweet & Freese, Jackson, Paul S. Minor, Mark D. Lampkin, Minor & Guice, Biloxi, for amicus curiae.

En Banc.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Motion for rehearing denied. The original opinions are withdrawn and these opinions are substituted therefor.

PREAMBLE

¶ 2. We recognize a person's right to maintain a common law tort action against automobile manufacturers. The manufacturer's compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Act does not immunize the manufacturer from State tort liability...

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