VANDERVENTER v. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA

Appeal No. 2020AP1052.

983 N.W.2d 1 (2022)

2022 WI App 56

Edward A. VANDERVENTER, Jr. and Susan J. Vanderventer, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA and Hyundai Motor Company, Defendants-Appellants, Kayla M. Schwartz and Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: October 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the brief of Patrick S. Nolan of Quarles & Brady LLP and Matthew H. Lembke (pro hac vice) of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Timothy S. Trecek , Susan R. Tyndall , and Jesse B. Blocher of Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C. of Milwaukee.

A nonparty brief was filed by Misha Tseytlin of Troutman, Pepper, Hamilton, Sanders, LLP of Chicago, IL; Lisa M. Lawless of Husch Blackwell, LLP, Milwaukee and Wendy Lumish (Pro Hac Vice Pending) of Bowman and Brooke LLP, Coral Gables, FL; Kendall W. Harrison of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison and Philip S. Goldberg of Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Washington, DC.

Before Gundrum, P.J., Neubauer and Gill, JJ.


¶1 Hyundai Motor America and Hyundai Motor Company (together, "Hyundai") appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding them liable for personal injuries sustained by Edward A. Vanderventer, Jr. when the Hyundai Elantra he was driving was hit by another vehicle. The jury found Hyundai liable under theories of strict liability...

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