GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. BRYANT

No. 07-437.

285 S.W.3d 634 (2008)

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, d/b/a Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Buick, and Oldsmobile, Appellant, v. Boyd BRYANT, On Behalf of Himself and all Others Similarly Situated, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Walker, Waecher, Poitevent, Carrère & Denère, LLP, by: David G. Radlauer, and Thomas A. Casey, Jr., New Orleans, LA; Haltom & Doan, by: Darby V. Doan and James N. Haltom, Texarkana, TX; and Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, by: William A. Waddell, Jr., Little Rock, for appellant.

Patton, Roberts, McWilliams & Capshaw, LLP, by: James C. Wyly and Sean F. Rommel, Texarkana, TX; Baily/Crowe & Kugler, LLP, by: John W. Arnold, Dallas, TX; and Cullen & Co., PLLC, by: Tim Cullen, Little Rock, for appellees.

National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., by: Robin S. Conrad, Washington, DC; O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, by: John H. Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Washington, DC, and Shannon M. Pazur; and Watts, Donovan & Tilley, P.A., by: David M. Donovan, Little Rock, counsel for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow, PLLC, by: Steven W. Quattlebaum and Michael N. Shannon, Little Rock, counsel for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.


PAUL E. DANIELSON, Justice.

Appellant General Motors Corporation d/b/a Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Buick, and Oldsmobile appeals interlocutorily from the circuit court's order granting class certification to appellee Boyd Bryant, on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated persons. General Motors asserts four points on appeal: (1) that extensive legal variations in state laws defeat predominance; (2) that extensive factual variations in the millions of claims...

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