Legal Opinion
Kilgore v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 2009No. 27,470PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
{1} This case centers on a defective seat-belt buckle claim in a vehicle rollover accident. Plaintiff Carole Kilgore was seriously injured. Plaintiff Donald Kilgore, her husband, was driving. The trial resulted in a defense verdict. Plaintiffs tried this case on the theory that the buckle design created a risk of accidental or inadvertent release, recognizing that the precise identification of what depressed the seatbelt buckle release button could never be known with certainty.
{2} More specifically, Plaintiffs sought to prove that the release button “was needlessly and…
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