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SMITH v. YANMAR DIESEL ENGINE CO., LTD.

1011699.

855 So.2d 1039 (2003)

Linda H. SMITH, as executrix of the estate of Lee O'Dell Smith, deceased v. YANMAR DIESEL ENGINE COMPANY, LTD.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 21, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Marsh, Jeffrey C. Rickard, and Thomas M. Powell of Marsh, Rickard & Bryan, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

James B. Carlson and Katie Loggins Vreeland of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., Birmingham; and Richard H. Rubenstein of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., New York City, New York, for appellee.

WOODALL, Justice.

Linda H. Smith appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Yanmar Diesel Engine Company, Ltd. ("Yanmar"), a Japanese corporation, in her wrongful-death action against Yanmar based on the death of her husband, Lee O'Dell Smith. We reverse and remand.

This dispute arises out of an accident on January 1, 2000, in which Lee Smith was fatally injured by the rollover of a tractor manufactured and initially sold in Japan by Yanmar. "At some point...

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