Legal Opinion
Roy v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1990No. 87-6340PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
I. BACKGROUND
A. Nature of the Case
This is a products liability action arising from a single-vehicle car accident involving a 1958 Volkswagen van designed and distributed by appellees Volkswagenwerk Ak-tiengesellsehaft and Volkswagen of America, Inc. (collectively, “VW”). Appellants, the Roy family, were seriously injured when their 1958 VW van, driven by Doug Roy, Jr., rolled and caught fire. The Roys filed suit in the United States District Court against VW alleging a design defect in the van. The district court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
A jury trial was…
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