Legal Opinion

Navarro v. Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided April 22, 1996No. 93 C 3203PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge:

Before the court is the motion of Defendant Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd. (“Fuji”) for summary judgment on Count IV, the sole remaining count of Plaintiff Maria Navarro’s (“Navarro”) Complaint. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

I. Background

Navarro sustained injuries as a passenger in a 1982 Subaru automobile (“car”) which was involved in a single-vehicle accident in July 1992. In Count IV, she seeks recovery from Fuji under a theory of negligent product design of the car. Fuji manufactured the car in August 1981. Navarro claims that Fuji…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Mid-State Fertilizer Co., Lasley Kimmel, and Maxine Kimmel v. Exchange National Bank of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. Raymond Rosen v. Ciba-Geigy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Maria NAVARRO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  2. Speaks v. Mazda Motor Corp.District Court, D. Montana · 2015
  3. Nutrasweet Co. v. X-L Engineering Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1996
  4. Ansick v. Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1996

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