HICKERSON v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORP.

No. 17-1075.

882 F.3d 476 (2018)

Deborah Meek HICKERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A.; Yamaha Motor Co Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David G. Owen , DAVID G. OWEN, P.A., Aiken, South Carolina; Austin Fletcher Watts , DOUGLAS F. PATRICK, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Richard Alan Mueller , THOMPSON COBURN LLP, St. Louis, Missouri, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Douglas F. Patrick , COVINGTON PATRICK HAGINS STERN & LEWIS, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. Heather F. Counts , THOMPSON COBURN LLP, St. Louis, Missouri; Robert H. Hood, Jr. , HOOD LAW FIRM, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Motz and Judge Floyd joined.


Deborah Meek Hickerson sustained serious internal injuries in a personal watercraft ("PWC") accident and filed a complaint in the District of South Carolina against the manufacturers of the PWC, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. and Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (collectively "Yamaha"). In her complaint, Hickerson alleged product liability...

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