PALMER v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 2001-CA-00875-COA.

905 So.2d 564 (2003)

Randal R. PALMER and Lynn I. Palmer, Individually and on Behalf of Anne Palmer, a Minor, Appellants, v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., Van-Trow Volkswagen, Inc., Volkswagen A.G. a/k/a Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft and Volkswagen de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. a/k/a Volkswagen of Mexico, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Malouf, Michael J. Malouf, Jr., Jackson, attorneys for appellants.

David L. Ayers, Robert H. Pedersen, Jimmy B. Wilkins, Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.


CHANDLER, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On April 21, 1998, ten-year-old Jennifer Palmer was a passenger in a 1995 Volkswagen Jetta driven by her sixteen-year-old sister Anne Palmer. The Jetta was involved in a collision on Highway 51 in Madison. Jennifer was struck by the Jetta's air bag and suffered fatal injuries. On behalf of Anne, the girls' parents, Randall and Lynn Palmer, sued Volkswagen of America, Van-Trow Volkswagen, Inc., Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft...

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