HINRICHS v. GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA, LTD.

1140711.

222 So.3d 1114 (2016)

Florian HINRICHS, v. GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA, LTD.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

On Application for Rehearing September 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Morrison of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, for appellant.

Brief in support of appellant's application for rehearing filed by J. Cole Portis and Stephanie S. Monplaisir of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery; and Frank M. Wilson of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery.

Matthew H. Lembke of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham; Charles A. Stewart III of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Montgomery; and Philip E. Holladay, Jr. , Harold E. Franklin, Jr. , and Susan M. Clare of King & Spaulding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellee.

Leila H. Watson of Cory Watson, P.C., Birmingham; Rhonda Pitts Chambers of Taylor & Taylor, Birmingham; Bruce McKee of Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, Birmingham; and David G. Wirtes of Cunningham Bounds, LLC, Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Association for Justice in support of the appellant's application for rehearing.

James R. Pratt III of Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Inc., in support of the appellant's application for rehearing.

R. Bernard Harwood, Jr. , of Rosen & Harwood, P.A., Tuscaloosa, for amicus curiae Business Council of Alabama in opposition to the application for rehearing.

Harlan I. Frater IV and Nikaa Jordan of Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, Birmingham; Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. , of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C.; and Hugh F. Young, Jr. , Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, Virginia, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in opposition to the application for rehearing.


Florian Hinrichs, the plaintiff in this case, appeals from a judgment dismissing the case as to defendant General Motors of Canada, Ltd. ("GM Canada"). The trial court made the judgment final pursuant to Rule 54(b), Ala. R. Civ. P. We affirm.

I. Factual Background and Procedural History

On June 24, 2007, Hinrichs...

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