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SMITH v. ISUZU MOTORS LTD.

No. 97-20056, Summary Calendar.

137 F.3d 859 (1998)

Jackie SMITH, Individually and on behalf of all beneficiaries of Bernard Allen, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, Jackie Smith, Individually and on behalf of all beneficiaries of Bernard Allen, deceased; Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, et al., Defendants, American Isuzu Motors Incorporated; Isuzu Motors American Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul LeRoy Crist, Meyer, Orlando & Evans, Houston, TX, for Smith.

Christopher C. Spencer, Roberta Mowery Ward, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA, Noel Terry Adams, Jr., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

On July 22, 1994, Bernard Allen died in a single-vehicle accident, while driving a 1987 Isuzu Trooper. Allen's mother, Jackie Smith, individually and on behalf of the beneficiaries of his estate, brought suit against American Isuzu Motors, Inc., Isuzu Motors America, Inc., and Isuzu Motors Limited.1 Smith claimed that the Trooper was unreasonably dangerous because it had a propensity to roll over, that it was...

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