DUKES v. MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA INC TK (2019)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Stevette DUKES, as Plenary Guardian of the property of Kiara Shanise Dukes, an incapacitated person, Latoya Dukes and Brandon Ellis, Appellants, v. MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC., a foreign corporation, Takata Corporation, a foreign corporation headquartered in Japan, and TK Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Appellees.

No. 4D17-240

Decided: April 04, 2019

Philip M. Burlington and Adam Richardson of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Darryl L. Lewis and Michael H. Kugler of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, Henry D. Didier of Didier Law Firm, P.A., Orlando, and John Blaise Gsanger of Edwards Law Firm, Corpus Christi, Texas, for appellants. Wendy F. Lumish of Bowman and Brooke, LLP, Miami, for Appellee Michelin North America, Inc. Christine Davis Graves and James Parker-Flynn of Carlton Fields, Tallahassee, for Appellees Takata Corporation and TK Holdings, Inc. Theresa Wardon Benz, Michael L. O'Donnell and Edward C. Stewart of Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado, Pro Hac Vice for Appellee Michelin North America, Inc. Thomas P. Branigan and Jeffrey T. Gorcyca of Bowman and Brooke LLP, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Pro Hac Vice for Appellees Takata Corporation and TK Holdings, Inc.