FLEMISTER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

1960603, 1960652

723 So.2d 25 (1998)

Matthew William FLEMISTER, as administrator of the Estate of Sharon Ann Flemister, deceased v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. General Motors Corporation v. Matthew William Flemister, as administrator of the Estate of Sharon Ann Flemister, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Ben Hogan III and Benjamin E. Baker, Jr., of Hogan, Smith & Alspaugh, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant/cross appellee Matthew William Flemister.

Warren B. Lightfoot and Madeline H. Haikala of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham; Stanley A. Cash of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, L.L.P., Birmingham; and David M. Heilbron and Leslie G. Landau of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for appellee/cross appellant General Motors Corp.


COOK, Justice.

Matthew William Flemister, as administrator of the estate of his mother, Sharon Ann Flemister, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of General Motors ("GM") on Flemister's "crashworthiness" claim brought pursuant to the Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine ("AEMLD"). GM cross-appealed, claiming the plaintiff presented insufficient evidence of proximate cause to allow the case to go to the jury.

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