Legal Opinion
Jay Hiatt v. Mazda Motor Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1996No. 94-3629PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Jay Hiatt filed this diversity of citizenship action to recover damages for injuries he suffered as a passenger in an automobile involved in a one-car accident on a rural road near Morrilton, Arkansas. Hiatt named as defendants in the action the manufacturer of the vehicle, Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda Motor), and the distributor, Mazda Motor, of America Inc. (Mazda America) (Mazda Motor and Mazda America sometimes referred to herein collectively as Mazda).
Mazda then filed third-party claims for contribution against Rodney Wadlow, the driver of the automobile,…
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