United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging a strict products liability claim under state law for a fatal accident involving a trailer manufactured by defendant, dismissal for failure to state a claim is affirmed where, under established state law, a manufacturer has a duty to design a vehicle that is reasonably safe for the occupants, but it owes no duty to those who collide with that vehicle.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/25/2008
• Decided 09/11/2008
• Published 09/11/2008

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before ROVNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce Robert Pfaff (argued), Pfaff & Gill, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Carson, Gould & Ratner, Chicago, IL, Glen M. Darbyshire (argued), Inglesby Falligant Horne Courington & Chisholm, Savannah, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.