United States Seventh Circuit
Smoot v. Mazda Motors of Am., Inc., 05-4577
Dismissal of a personal injury suit is affirmed where the district court was correct to rule that the plaintiff could not prove a product defect in a car's airbag system without expert testimony.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/29/2006
- Published 11/29/2006
Judges
- POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Peter S. Balistreri (argued), Dubin, Balistreri, Fuchs & Schelble, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey S. Fertl (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.