HENDRIX EX REL. G.P. v. EVENFLO CO., INC.

No. 09-10079.

609 F.3d 1183 (2010)

Rhonda HENDRIX, Parent and Guardian of G.P., a minor child, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant, v. EVENFLO COMPANY, INC., a foreign corporation Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee, Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, a Florida corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Douglas Gentile, Evan A. Douthit, Douthis Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes, LLC, Kansas City, MO, Norwood S. Wilner, Aaron Metcalf, Wilner, Hartley & Metcalf, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant.

H. Christopher Bartolomucci, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC, Timothy J. McDermott, Akerman Senterfitt, Jacksonville, FL, Katherine Eastmoore Giddings, Akerman Senterfitt, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee.

Before CARNES, HULL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Rhonda Hendrix alleges that her son, G.P., sustained traumatic brain injuries when a child restraint system manufactured by Defendant-Appellee Evenflo Company, Inc., ("Evenflo"), malfunctioned during a minor traffic accident. Hendrix further alleges that those brain injuries caused G.P. to develop autism spectrum disorder ("ASD") and a spinal cord defect known as syringomyelia.

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