MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION v. HURST

1140545.

261 So.3d 167 (2017)

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION v. Jon HURST and Barbara Hurst, as parents of Natalie J. Hurst, deceased, and Sydney McLemore.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin C. Newsom and Nicholas A. Danella of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham; and Mark W. Lee and J. Alex Wyatt III of Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

D. Bruce Petway of Petway Olsen. LLLC, Birmingham; and A. W. Bolt , Birmingham, for appellees Jon Hurst and Barbara Hurst, as parents and next friends of Natalie Jean Hurst, deceased.

Benjamin B. Baker, Jr. , and C. Gibson Vance of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, for appellee Sydney McLemore.

Ivan B. Cooper of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Evidence Professor Terrence W. McCarthy, in support of the appellant.

Forest S. Latta of Burr & Forman LLP, Mobile, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of the appellant.

Ed R. Haden of Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., in support of the appellant.

Deborah Alley Smith , Jonathan M. Hooks , and Sharon D. Stuart of Christian & Small LLP, Birmingham; and Michael E. Upchurch of Frazer, Greene, Upchurch & Baker LLC, Mobile for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, in support of the appellant.

Leila H. Watson of Cory Watson, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Association for Justice, in support of the appellees.

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


Mazda Motor Corporation ("Mazda") appeals from a judgment entered against it on two jury verdicts resulting from two complaints asserting product-liability claims filed in the Jefferson Circuit Court. The claims stem from a single-car accident that occurred on November 22, 2010, involving a 2008 Mazda3 automobile driven by Sydney...

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