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Wolf v. Toyota Motor Corporation

2013 WL 6596833 (2013)

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Wolf v. Toyota Motor Corporation

Delaware Superior Court
2013 WL 6596833 (2013)

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Facts

Three members of the Ward family—John, his wife, Joy, and their daughter, Sarah—were killed when the Toyota Camry they were driving was involved in a head-on collision with a Mercedes-Benz owned by John F. Warfield and driven by Darien Custis. Hailey Ward, who was also riding in the Camry, survived the crash. Custis was distracted while reaching for a bottle of iced tea on the floor of the car. Custis later pled guilty to vehicular homicide. Natalie Wolf (plaintiff), as the administratrix of the Wards’ estates and the guardian and next friend of Hailey, brought a crashworthiness products-liability claim against Toyota Motor Corporation (defendant), claiming that defects in the Camry enhanced the Wards’ injuries. Wolf did not name Custis or Warfield as defendants in the action, but Toyota filed a motion requesting leave to join them as third-party defendants, which the trial court denied. The court was asked to consider whether, in a crashworthiness claim, it must allow the action against the manufacturer only for the individual defect and for the injury allegedly caused by the defect, or whether it should allow the jury to hear all the evidence as to how the accident occurred in the first place.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Cooch, J.)

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