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• Blankenship v. Gen. Motors Corp., 10 PLLR 166 (Nov. 1991) (plaintiff’s brief before the Supreme Court of West Virginia arguing the state should recognize the crashworthiness doctrine). No. PL313.

• Dorsett v. Am. Isuzu Motors, 11 PLLR 208 (Dec. 1992) (plaintiff’s brief in opposition to defendant’s motion for judgment n.o.v. in a case holding that references to defendant’s knowledge of safer feasible designs did not introduce negligence concepts in a strict liability action alleging uncrashworthiness). No. PL387.

• Gosper v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., 10 PLLR 11 (Feb. 1991) (plaintiffs’ complaint in a case alleging that a pickup truck had been defectively designed because it had a high center of gravity and insufficient lateral stability and lacked a door-stiffener plate). No. PL245.

• Hillrichs v. Avco Corp., 11 PLLR 75 (May 1992) (plaintiffs’ appellate court brief in a case in which the Supreme Court of Iowa extended the application of the enhanced-injury theory beyond cases involving automobile crashworthiness). No. PL360.

• McBride v. Suzuki Motors Corp., 13 PLLR 6 (Feb. 1994) (plaintiffs’ trial brief in a case alleging a Suzuki Samurai’s occupant restraints were defective). No. PL478.

• Miller v. Todd, 9 PLLR 127 (Aug. 1990) (plaintiff’s appellate brief in a motorcycle accident case arguing the Indiana Supreme Court should recognize the crashworthiness liability theory). No. PL218.

• Roe v. Deere and Co., 8 PLLR 3 (Feb. 1989) (plaintiff’s brief arguing it was entitled to a jury instruction on crashworthiness in a strict liability case). No. PL78.

• Bagwell v. Nissan Motor Co., 12 PLLR 165 (Nov. 1993) (the parties’ briefs, motions, and memoranda in companion cases holding the identities of those who helped manufacturers answer plaintiff’s interrogatories are not protected as attorney work product). No. PL276.

• Reed v. Chrysler Corp., 12 PLLR 47 (Apr. 1993) (the parties’ appellate briefs in a case in which the Iowa Supreme Court held comparative negligence may not be assessed against a plaintiff in an uncrashworthiness claim unless the negligence proximately caused the enhanced injury). No. PL435.

• Seymour v. Gen. Motors Corp., 8 PLLR 129 (Aug. 1989) (plaintiffs’ and defendants’ pleadings and discovery documents regarding the alleged design defect of a seat assembly). No. PL143.

• Slade v. Whitco Corp., 12 PLLR 25 (Mar. 1993) (plaintiff’s trial submission and supplemental memorandum of law in a case alleging defective design of a Jeep canvas top and door system). No. PL428.

• Worden v. Gen. Motors Corp., 13 PLLR 162 (Oct. 1994) (plaintiffs’ memoranda on the applicability of a hazardous substances exception to a claim alleging improper placement of a pickup truck fuel tank, and plaintiffs’ appellate brief and the trial and appellate courts’ orders on defendant’s motion for a protective order barring plaintiffs from calling defendant’s former employee as an expert witness). No. PL528.