Legal Opinion
Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. v. Norman
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided May 16, 2003No. 01-00-01263-CVPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVELYN V. KEYES Justice.
This is a products liability suit. A jury awarded Brian Norman, individually and as sole administrator of the estate of Karen Leslie Vivienne Norman, deceased, and Mary Norman, individually, (the Normans) $65 million in compensatory damages in a suit the Normans brought against Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. and Honda R & D Co., Ltd., after the Normans’ daughter, Karen Norman, drowned in her Honda Civic automobile. The jury found that a design defect in the car’s seatbelt was the producing cause of Karen’s death.
In five issues, Honda argues (1) the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cain v. BainTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- McGalliard v. KuhlmannTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. MartinezTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Associated Indemnity Corp. v. CAT Contracting, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1998
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Henry Sims, Jr. v. Kia Motors of America, ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
- Casey v. Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- Virginia Nester v. Textron, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
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