Legal Opinion
Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Gentry
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 28, 2002No. A01A2264PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
On February 18, 1989, Lori Gentry, the 16-year-old daughter of Ralph and Sandra Gentry, was riding in the right front passenger seat of a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit when it was struck by another car. The Rabbit was equipped with a fully passive restraint system consisting of a diagonal two-point shoulder belt, a ramped seat and a knee bolster (the ‘VWRA system”). The VWRA system had no lap belt; rather the ramped seat and the knee bolster were intended to restrain the lower body. This kind of system is known as a two-point passive restraint system.
Lori Gentry was using the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Geier v. American Honda Motor Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Banks v. ICI Americas, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Billy D. Bammerlin v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- King v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- MacK Trucks, Inc. v. ConkleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Ford Motor Co. v. Hall-EdwardsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
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