Roy v. Volkswagen Of America

896 F.2d 1174 Prod.Liab.Rep.(CCH)P 12,375 Doug ROY, Jr., Marsha Roy; Shannon Roy, a minor, By and Through her guardian Ad Litem, Doug Roy, Jr.; Doug Roy, III, a minor, by and through his guardian Ad Litem, Doug Roy, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.; Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft, a German Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-6340. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 30, 1989. Decided Feb. 16, 1990. Barry R. Levy, Horitz and Levy, Encino, Cal., David M. Harney, Harney and Packer, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Michael A. Zuk, Herzfeld and Rubin, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HUG and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and David A. Ezra, * District Judge. CANBY, Circuit Judge: I. BACKGROUND A. Nature of the Case 1 This is a products liability action arising from a single-vehicle car accident involving a 1958 Volkswagen van designed and distributed by appellees Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft and Volkswagen of America, Inc. (collectively, "VW"). Appellants, the Roy family, were seriously injured when…