WICKERSHAM v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Opinion No. 28003.

432 S.C. 384 (2020)

853 S.E.2d 329

Crystal L. WICKERSHAM; Crystal L. Wickersham, as personal representative of the Estate of John Harley Wickersham Jr., Plaintiffs, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed December 9, 2020.

Rehearing Denied February 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Chewning Barnes , Barnes Law Firm, LLC; Ronnie Lanier Crosby , Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, P.A., both of Hampton, for Plaintiffs.

Adam H. Charnes and Thurston H. Webb , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, of Winston-Salem, NC; Joseph Kenneth Carter Jr. and Carmelo Barone Sammataro , Turner Padget Graham & Laney P.A., of Columbia, for Defendant.

Steve A. Matthews , Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia; Victor E. Schwartz , Cary Silverman , and Phil Goldberg , Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, of Washington, D.C., all for amicus curiae the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.

Gray Thomas Culbreath and Jessica Ann Waller , Gallivan White & Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for amicus curiae the Product Liability Advisory Counsel, Inc.

Frank L. Eppes , Eppes & Plumblee, P.A., of Greenville, for amicus curiae the South Carolina Association for Justice.


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