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SHIPLER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. S-03-1472.

710 N.W.2d 807 (2006)

271 Neb. 194

Penny SHIPLER, appellee and cross-appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, appellee and cross-appellant, and Kenneth Long, appellant and cross-appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail S. Perry and Jenny L. Panko, of Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, L.L.P., Lincoln, for appellant.

Jeanelle R. Lust and William Sutter, of Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, L.L.P., Lincoln, and Frank M. Hinman, David M. Heilbron, San Francisco, CA, Marc R. Bruner, Walnut Creek, CA, Lee G. Sullivan, May Y. Lee, and Rianne E. Nolan, of Bingham & McCutchen, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, and Fred J. Fresard and Andrea L. Laginess, of Bowman & Brooke, Troy, MI, and Frank Nizio, of McGuire & Woods, L.L.P., for appellee General Motors Corporation.

Dan L. McCord, of McCord & Burns Law Firm, and Michael J. Piuze, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee Penny Shipler.

Jeffry D. Patterson, of Bartle & Geier Law Firm, Lincoln, for amicus curiae Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys.

Gregory D. Barton, of Harding, Schultz & Downs, Lincoln, and Mark S. Olson, of Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, and, of Counsel, Hugh F. Young, Jr., for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

HENDRY, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

WRIGHT, J.

I. NATURE OF CASE

Penny Shipler brought this action against General Motors Corporation (GM) and Kenneth Long after she was injured in a motor vehicle rollover that rendered her a quadriplegic. GM and Long filed separate notices of appeal from a final judgment of $18,583,900 entered following a jury trial in Lancaster County District Court. Shipler has cross-appealed.

II. SCOPE OF REVIEW

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