Kathryn RODRIGUEZ, Respondent,
v.
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, et al., Appellants,
Deborah Dubis, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 1, 1999.
Rehearing Denied June 29, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert B. Fiske, Jr., Jennifer G. Newstead, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, Frank N. Gundlach, Deirdre C. Gallager, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis, St. Louis, Gene C. Schaerr, David J. Lewis, Frank R. Volpe, Nathan A. Forrester, Michael F. Wasserman, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, Jordan B. Cherrick, Thompson Coburn, St. Lewis, George F. Ball, Newport Beach, CA, William B. Hill, Jr., Atlanta, GA, for Appellants.
James E. Butler, Jr., Albert M. Pearson, III, George W. Fryhofer, III, Lee Tarte Wallace, Cale H. Conley, Butler, Wooten, Overby, Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan, Atlanta, GA, Maurice B. Graham, The Graham Law Firm, St. Louis, John S. Wallach, Hoffman & Wallach, St. Louis, for Respondent.
Cheryl A. Callis, Kortenhof & Ely, St. Louis, for Deborah Dubis.
Charles H. Lockwood, II, Arlington, VA, David A. Fischer, John K. Hulston Hall, Columbia, Amicus Curiae Assn. of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.
Hugh F. Young, Jr., Executive Director, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, Sherman Joyee, President American Tort Reform Association, Washington, DC, Thomas O. Baker, Paul S. Penticuff, Baker, Sterchi, Crowden & Rice, L.L.C., Kansas City, Evan M. Tager, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. & American Tort Reform Association.
Phillip D. Brady, Andrew D. Koblenz, V. Mark Slywynsky, Washington, DC, Thomas A. Sheehan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Kansas City, John A. Rogovin, John F. Niblock, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae Automobile Manufacturers Assn.
J. Thomas Price, Mass. Bd. of Bar Overseers, Lourie & Cutler, P.C., Boston, MA, Amicus Curiae Students Against Driving Drunk.
Mark Arnold, Husch & Eppenberger, L.L.C., St. Louis, Amicus Curiae Students Against Driving Drunk & Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Alyson C. Brown, General Counsel, Irving, TX, Amicus Curiae Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.
STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, Jr., Judge.
This case comes before this Court for a second time and after a second trial, which, like the first, resulted in a judgment with both actual and punitive damages on plaintiff's products liability claim against Suzuki Motor Corp. (Suzuki). The case arose from a one-vehicle accident in Warren County involving a Suzuki Samurai, a sport utility vehicle (SUV), driven by co-defendant Deborah Dubis. Plaintiff, who was a passenger in the Samurai...
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