Legal Opinion
Everett v. Nissan Motor Corp. in U.S.A.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1993No. 92-CV-1048PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Senior Judge:
Appellants are District of Columbia residents who were injured when the car they were driving, a Nissan 300ZX, was involved in an automobile collision in North Carolina. They sued Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A. (“Nissan U.S.A.”), the distributor of Nissan automobiles in the United States, for damages, including punitive damages, attributable to “severe permanent injuries” proximately caused by the defective design and the defendant’s failure to warn of the risks in using the vehicle. Appellee, the distributor of Nissan automobiles in the United States, is a California…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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