HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, LTD. v. DUNCAN

Record No. 140216.

766 S.E.2d 893 (2015)

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, LTD., et al. v. Keith Allen DUNCAN, Individually and as Guardian and Conservator for Zachary Gage Duncan, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tracy Walker, IV ( Robert W. Loftin ; Samuel T. Towell ; Harlan I. Prater, IV ; Thomas N. Vanderford, Jr. ; Timothy E. Kirtner ; Andrew B. Cooke ; McGuireWoods; Lightfoot, Franklin & White; Gilmer, Sadler, Ingram, Sutherland & Hutton; Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Richmond, on briefs), for appellants.

L. Steven Emmert , Virginia Beach ( William P. Wallace, Jr. ; Ari S. Casper ; Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy; Johnson, Ayers & Matthews; Casper Law Firm, Arlington, on brief), for appellees.

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

Amici Curiae: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Association of Global Automakers ( Victor E. Schwartz ; Philip S. Goldberg ; Virginia Knapp Dorell ; Shook, Hardy & Bacon, on brief), in support of appellants.

Amici Curiae: Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America ( Kathryn L. Comerford Todd ; George P. Sibley, III ; John E. Beerbower ; Hunton & Williams, on brief), in support of appellants.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association ( Michael Imprevento ; Cory R. Ford ; Breit, Drescher, Imprevento & Walker; WilliamsFord, on brief), in support of appellees.

PRESENT: LEMONS, C.J., MILLETTE, MIMS, McCLANAHAN, and POWELL, JJ., and RUSSELL and LACY, S.JJ.


In this products liability action, Hyundai Motor Company, Ltd., and Hyundai Motor America, Inc. (Hyundai) appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Keith Allen Duncan and Vanessa Duncan, Guardians and Conservators for Zachary Gage Duncan (Gage), and Keith Allen Duncan and Vanessa Duncan...

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