MISTICH v. VOLKSWAGEN OF GERMANY, INC.

No. 94-CA-0226.

698 So.2d 47 (1997)

Patricia Ann MISTICH, et al. v. VOLKSWAGEN OF GERMANY, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Van Robichaux, Jr., Chalmette, Glenn E. Diaz Chalmette, J. Thomas Anderson, Hammond, and Walter Landry Smith, Baton Rouge, for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Sessions & Fishman, L.L.P., Robert E. Winn, Joy Goldberg Braun, Sharon Cormack Mize, Raymond P. Ward, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellants.

Duplass, Zwain & Williams, David J. Bourgeois, Roy E. Sasser, Metairie, for Intervenor/Appellee, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

The Louisiana Association Of Defense Counsel, H. Alston Johnson, III, Arthur H. Andrews, Wm. Shelby McKenzie, William H. Howard, III, Baton Rouge, for Amicus Curiae.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and BYRNES and WALTZER, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

This is a survival and wrongful death action arising out of an automobile accident which occurred on October 8, 1986. The trial court awarded plaintiffs an aggregate of $2,028,530.18 against the Volkswagen as manufacturer of a defective automobile. This court reversed the judgment of the trial court on liability, dismissing plaintiffs' suit against Volkswagen. 94-0226, (La.App. 4 Cir. 1/31/95), 650 So.2d 385

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