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AMICUS BRIEF
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
AWARD PLAINTIFFS COMPENSATORY COURT EXCESSIVENESS GENERAL MOTORS CIR CALIFORNIA SAFETY UNITED STATES DESIGN JUDGE CHAMBER SUPPORT PUNISHMENT JURY CONVINCING EVIDENCE SUPERIOR COURT AUTHORITIES AMICUS CURIAE SAFETY REGULATIONS PUNITIVE EXACTION SET ASIDE CONSCIOUS DISREGARD REASONABLENESS INDUSTRY STANDARDS MANUFACTURER COST-BENEFIT CORPORATE RISK ANALYSIS |
CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL
FOR THE SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT - DIVISION FOUR
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No. B135147
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PATRICIA ANDERSON, individually; MARY )
BELL SEWARD as Guardian ad Litem on )
behalf of KIONTRA BROADNAX, KIONNA )
BROADNAX, ALISHA PARKER, and )
TYSHON HANEY; and JO TIGNER, )
individually, )) Superior Court No. BC 116926
Plaintiffs/Respondents, ))
v. ))
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, ))
Defendant/Appellant. ))
Appeal from Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles
The Honorable Ernest Williams, Judge, Presiding
BRIEF OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES AS
AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF THE APPELLANT
Of Counsel:
Robin S. Conrad Stephen M. Shapiro
NATIONAL CHAMBER Evan M. Tager
LITIGATION CENTER, INC. Donald M. Falk (SB#150256)
1516 H Street, N.W. MAYER, BROWN & PLATT
Washington, D.C. 20062 1909 K Street, N.W.
(202) 463-5337 Washington, DC 20006
(202) 263-3000
Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INTEREST OF THE AMICUS CURIAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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