United States Eighth Circuit

In a product liability suit alleging that injuries plaintiff sustained in an accident were a result of defects in the air bag and seat belt, summary judgment for General Motors is affirmed over claims that the district court erred by: 1) requiring plaintiff to offer evidence of a specific design or manufacturing defect; and 2) failing to recognize that the circumstances surrounding the accident permitted a conclusion that General Motors was responsible for the injuries at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2007
• Published 04/19/2007

Judges

• JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge., Before GRUENDER, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Douglas P. Dowd, argued, St. Louis, MO, (Tab Turner, Jerry M. White and M. Elizabeth Francis, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• D. Keith Fortner, argued, Little Rock, AR (Mary Quinn Copper, Michael F. Smith and Keith Fortner, on the brief), for appellees.