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FUNKHOUSER v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Record No. 111207.

726 S.E.2d 302 (2012)

284 Va. 214

Steven K. FUNKHOUSER, Administrator of the Estate of Emily N. Funkhouser, Deceased v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 7, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Bryan Slaughter , Charlottesville, ( J. Gregory Webb , Charlottesville; E. Kyle McNew ; MichieHamlett, on briefs), for appellant.

J. Tracy Walker, IV ( Perry W. Miles, IV ; Derek H. Swanson ; McGuireWoods, on brief), Richmond, for appellees.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association ( William W.C. Harty ; Patten, Wornom, Hatten, Diamonstein, on brief), Newport News, in support of appellant.

Amicus Curiae: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. ( Eric C. Tew ; Hugh F. Young, Jr. ; Dykema Gossett , on brief), in support of appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN.

Steven Funkhouser, Administrator of the Estate of Emily N. Funkhouser, Deceased, brought this products liability action against Ford Motor Company and Obaugh Ford, Inc. (collectively "Ford") after his daughter, Emily, died from severe burns she suffered when the family's Ford Windstar minivan caught fire. Funkhouser assigns error to the circuit court's order excluding evidence of seven previous Ford Windstar van fires, including...

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