United States Eighth Circuit

Product liability does not apply to an auto manufacturer for injuries resulting from the use of car carriers where it did not manufacture or sell the car carriers, even if it refused to ship its cars on car carriers that use quick release ratchets as Missouri law requires.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/07/2001
• Published 09/07/2001

Judges

• HANSEN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, HANSEN, Circuit Judge, and BARNES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian M. Wendler, Glen Carbon, IL, argued, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen L. Kendall, Peoria, IL, argued (Robert D. Rowland and Jennifer B. Johnson, Edwardsville, IL, on the brief for Cottrell, Inc., Philip L. Harris and Julie A. LaBunski, Chicago, IL, on the brief for General Motors Corp.), for appellee.