FORD MOTOR CO. v. BOOMER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tracy Walker, IV , Samuel L. Tarry, Jr. , Richard C. Beaulieu , McGuire Woods , on briefs, for appellant Ford Motor Co.

Stuart A. Raphael , William D. Bayliss , Lynn K. Brugh, IV , Williams Mullen , Hunton & Williams, on briefs, for appellant Honeywell International, Inc.

Robert R. Hatten , William W.C. Harty , Gary W. Kendall , E. Kyle McNew , Nathan D. Finch , Patten Wornom Hatten & Diamonstein, MichieHamlett, Motley Rice, on brief, for appellee.

Amici Curiae, Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Chemistry Council, America Tort Reform Ass'n, American Ins. and NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Emma Burton, Mark A. Behrens, Robin S. Conrad, Kathryn Louise Comerford Todd, Crowell & Moring, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, National Chamber Litigation Center, on briefs, in support of appellants Ford Motor Co.

Amicus Curiae, Virginia Ass'n, of Defense Attys., Julie S. Palmer, John R. Owen, Joseph A. Robinson, Harman, Clayton, Corrigan & Wellman, on brief, in support of appellant Ford Motor Co.

Amicus Curiae, Virginia State Police Ass'n, Jonathan Ruekdeschel, William F. Etherington, Beale, Davidson, Etherington & Morris, on brief, in support of appellee.

Amicus Curiae, Virginia Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Mary Lynn Tate, Jeffrey M. Summers, on brief, on support of appellee.

Amicus Curiae, Virginia Ass'n of Defense Attys., Julie S. Palmer, John R. Owen, Joseph A. Robinson, Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman, on brief, in support of appellants Ford Motor Com., and Honeywell International, Inc.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, MILLETTE, MIMS, McCLANAHAN, and POWELL, JJ., and KOONTZ, S.J.