Legal Opinion
Tina BARRON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 1992No. 90-3278PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Tina Barron, age 18, was rendered paraplegic and forced onto the welfare rolls as the result of an accident in 1984 in which the car she was riding in (driven by her sister) skidded on a rain-slick highway in North Carolina and turned over. Because Barron was not wearing a seatbelt (al*197though the car was equipped with seat-belts), she was flung out of the car, either through the closed sunroof, as she claims, or through the window on the passenger’s side of the front seat, which was also closed. Although a citizen of Illinois, Barron brought suit against Ford Motor…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Ferens v. John Deere Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Bishop v. Florida Specialty Paint Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1980
- International Administrators, Inc. And Sheldon Harrison v. Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Forrest A. Flaminio and Gloria Flaminio v. Honda Motor Company, Ltd., a Japanese CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Harbor Insurance Company v. Continental Bank CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by142 opinions
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- Foradori v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
- Jennie A. Mayer v. Gary Partners and Company, Limited, and K-Mart CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Lori Schrott v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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