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MIRANDA C. v. NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.

No. 5106.

402 S.C. 577 (2013)

741 S.E.2d 34

MIRANDA C., a minor under the age of fourteen (14) years, by her Guardian ad Litem, Susan Renee Courtney, Respondent/Appellant, v. NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. and Nissan North America, Inc., Appellants/Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Mitchell Brown , William C. Wood, Jr. , and Brian P. Crotty , of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, and Joel H. Smith , Courtney C. Shytle , Angela G. Strickland , and Kevin J. Malloy , of Bowman and Brooke, LLP, all of Columbia; for Appellants/Respondents.

John S. Nichols , of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson and Delgado, LLC, of Columbia; Ronnie Crosby and Mark C. Ball , of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick, PA, of Hampton; and Rodney C. Jernigan, Jr. , of Jernigan Law Firm, PA, of Florence; for Respondent/Appellant.

WILLIAMS, J.

In this defective-design products liability action, Appellants/Respondents Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan North America, Inc. (collectively, Nissan) appeal the circuit court's denial of its post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) based on Respondent/Appellant Miranda C.'s (Miranda) failure to prove a feasible alternative design as required by Branham v. Ford Motor Company, 390 S.C. 203

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