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Holiday Motor Corp. v. Walters
No. 150391Supreme Court of Virginia
150391 Holiday Motor Corp. v. Walters 09/08/2016 A judgment for $20 million on a jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff suing a major automobile manufacturer for alleged design defects in the convertible she was…
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150391 Holiday Motor Corp. v. Walters 09/08/2016 A judgment for $20 million on a jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff suing a maj…
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150391 Holiday Motor Corp. v. Walters 09/08/2016 A judgment for $20 million on a jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff suing a major automobile manufacturer for alleged design defects in the convertible she was driving, which overturned while she was operating it with the soft top closed, is reversed. While plaintiff contended that she was injured after the windshield header disconnected from the top and pushed down on her head, allegedly due to the design of the soft top's latching system which was defective in not being designed to stay latched in a foreseeable rollover crash, the manufacturer had no duty to design or supply a soft top that provided occupant protection in a rollover crash.…
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150391 Holiday Motor Corp. v. Walters 09/08/2016 A judgment for $20 million on a jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff suing a major automobile manufacturer for alleged design defects in the convertible she was driving, which overturned while she was operating it with the soft top closed, is reversed. While plaintiff contended that she was injured after the windshield header disconnected from the top and pushed down on her head, allegedly due to the design of the soft top's latching system which was defective in not being designed to stay latched in a foreseeable rollover crash, the manufacturer had no duty to design or supply a soft top that provided occupant protection in a rollover crash.…
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