United States Fourth Circuit

Under South Carolina law, evidence that plaintiff saw defendant's commercials claiming vehicle safety for recent models cannot serve as the basis for a negligent misrepresentation claim for the safety of older model vehicles.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/01/2001
• Decided 10/19/2001
• Published 10/19/2001

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellant. John Calvin Jeffries, Jr., University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC;  David R. Tyrrell, Robert M. Fulton, Hill, Ward & Henderson, Tampa, FL;  Wade H. Logan, III, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Charleston, SC, for Appellant.  Richard A. Simpson, Charles I. Hadden, Lynda Guild Simpson, Ross, Dixon & Bell, L.L.P., Washington, DC;  David G. Owen, Columbia, SC;  Reese I. Joye, Mark C. Joye, Joye Law Firm, North Charleston, SC, for Appellee.  Anthony H. Anikeeff, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Christopher Landau, Jay P. Lefkowitz, Daryl Joseffer, Ashley Parrish, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Alliance.  Griffin B. Bell, Chilton Davis Varner, Paul D. Clement, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA;  Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, for Amicus Curiae Council.  Alison Van Horn, Michael Quirk, Brian Wolfman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Public Citizen and Center.