Legal Opinion
Duran v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 27, 2008No. M2006-00282-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., P.J., M.S.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J, joined. WILLIAM B. CAIN, J., not participating.
This appeal involves a single vehicle accident in which the driver was seriously injured. The driver filed suit against the manufacturer of the automobile in the Circuit Court for Dickson County, alleging that the automobile’s exhaust system was dangerously defective and seeking both compensatory and punitive damages. The jury returned a verdict awarding the driver $3,000,000 in compensatory damages and concluding that the driver was…
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- Overstreet v. Shoney's, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
- McDaniel v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1997
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