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BUETTGEN v. VOLKSWAGENWERK, A. G.

No. K79-380 CA(8).

505 F.Supp. 84 (1980)

Jan W. BUETTGEN and Elisa Buettgen, Plaintiffs, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK, A. G.; Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, and Transworld Volkswagen, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, jointly and severally, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

December 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Barr, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

George E. Bushnell, Jr., Southfield, Mich., for defendants Volkswagenwerk and VW of America.

Thomas R. Fette, St. Joseph, Mich., for defendant Transworld Volkswagen.

OPINION

DOUGLAS W. HILLMAN, District Judge.

This products liability action comes to the court under its diversity jurisdiction. Plaintiffs, Jan W. Buettgen and his wife, Elisa Buettgen, are Texas residents. On May 8, 1975, they bought a 1974 Volkswagen van, serial no. 2242061684, from defendant Transworld Volkswagen, Inc. (Transworld), a Michigan corporation, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The van allegedly was designed...

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