CLARK v. MAZDA MOTOR CORP.

No. 97,514.

68 P.3d 207 (2003)

2003 OK 19

Stephanie CLARK, Plaintiff, v. MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, a/k/a Mazda Motors Corporation, f/k/a Toyo Kogyo, Ltd., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Wallace, Charles F. Moser, John B. Norman, John W. Norman, Bradley E. Norman, Norman, Edem, Meyer, Wallace, Norman, Cox & Moser, PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK, for plaintiff, Stephanie Clark.

Bert M. Jones and Daniel D. Draper III, Rhodes Hieronymus Jones Tucker & Gable, Tulsa, OK, for defendants Mazda Motor Corp., a/k/a Mazda Motors Corporation, f/k/a Toyo Kogyo, Ltd., and Mazda Motor of America, Inc.

Rex K. Travis, Oklahoma City, OK, Charles W. Adams, The University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, OK, for amicus curiae Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, P. Michael Jung, James K. Peden, III, Strasburger & Price, L.L.P., Dallas, Texas, Robert H. Alexander, Jr., John J. Love, The Law Office of Robert H. Alexander, Jr. P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.


WINCHESTER, J.

¶ 1 The instant matter involves a question certified by the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in a manufacturers' products liability case. We are asked to answer the question of whether 47 O.S.2001, § 12-4201 of the Oklahoma Mandatory Seat Belt Act, 47 O.S.2001, § 12-416 et seq., as interpreted in Bishop v. Takata Corp.,

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