Todd Gray, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Inc., Intervenor-Plaintiff v. General Motors Corporation

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Todd Gray, received severe head injuries during a rollover accident involving a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck in which he was a passenger. Consequently, Gray sued General Motors and the driver of the pickup truck, seeking reimbursement for medical expenses and for his pain and suffering. After the plaintiff reached a settlement with the driver of the vehicle, defendant General Motors removed the case to federal district court on diversity grounds. Before a federal jury, Gray contended that the seat belt mechanism installed in the vehicle was…