Buettgen v. VOLKSWAGENWERK, AG

OPINION

DOUGLAS W. HILLMAN, District Judge.

This products liability action comes to the court under its diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiffs, Jan W. Buettgen and his wife, Elisa Buettgen, are Texas residents. On May 8, 1975, they bought a 1974 Volkswagen van, serial no. 2242061684, from defendant Transworld Volkswagen, Inc. (Transworld), a Michigan corporation, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The van allegedly was designed and manufactured by defendant Volkswagenwerk, A.G. (VW Werk), a German corporation, and distributed in Michigan by defendant Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VW America), a New Jersey…