YAMAHA MOTOR CORP., U.S.A. v. McMAHON

1121542.

183 So.3d 145 (2015)

YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A., et al. v. Jacklyn McMAHON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bernard Harwood, Jr. , of Rosen Harwood, P.A., Tuscaloosa; De Martenson, David L. Brown, Jr. , and Jeremy S. Gaddy of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham; and Traci L. Lovitt of Jones Day, Boston, Massachusetts, for appellants.

Frank M. Wilson , Montgomery; Fredric G. Levin , W. Cameron Stephenson , and Aaron Watson of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Echsner, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, Florida; and J. Cole Portis of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, for appellee.

Franklin P. Brannen, Jr. , Chilton Davis Varner , Stephen B. Devereaux , and Madison B. Kitchens of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, in support of the appellants.

Kevin C. Newsome , Lindsey C. Boney IV , and Mary Arm Couch of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham; W. Dudley Motlow, Jr. , of Porterfield Harper , Birmingham, president, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; and Sharon D. Stuart of Christian & Small, LLP, Birmingham, chairperson, Alabama Defense Lawyers Amicus Curiae Committee, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, in support of the appellants.

Leila H. Watson of Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, P.C., Birmingham; and David G. Wirtes, Jr. , of Cunningham Bounds, LLC, Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Association for Justice, in support of the appellee.


AFFIRMED. NO OPINION.

See Rule 53(a)(1), (a)(2)(B), and (a)(2)(F), Ala. R.App. P.

MOORE, C.J., and STUART, MAIN, and WISE, JJ., concur.

BOLIN, MURDOCK, SHAW, and BRYAN, JJ., dissent.

BOLIN, Justice (dissenting).

In McMahon v. Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A.,

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