Makarow v. Volkswagen of America, Inc

Defendants appeal by leave granted from orders denying (1) their motions for accelerated judgment on the bases of the statute of limitations, res judicata, and failure to afford full faith and credit to a judgment of a sister state, and (2) their motions to decline jurisdiction on the *404basis of the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Defendant Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft (vwag) also appeals by leave from an order denying its motion for separate trial on the statute of limitations issue. We conclude that the trial court erred in denying accelerated judgment on defendants’ statute of…