Legal Opinion
Alvarado v. Hyundai Motor Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided September 18, 1995No. 04-91-00208-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARDBERGER, Justice.
This product liability case involving the seat belt design of a Hyundai car raises the question of whether there has been federal preemption of seat belt design. If there has been preemption then a common law negligence or products liability lawsuit is prohibited by the supremacy clause of Article VI of the United States Constitution. The trial judge ruled that there was preemption and granted a partial summary judgment accordingly. This appeal is from that ruling, and this opinion deals solely with the question of preemption.
Procedural History of the Case
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Maryland v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Freightliner Corp. v. MyrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Malone v. White Motor Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Sipes v. General Motors Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1997
- Hyundai Motor Co. v. AlvaradoTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Wilson v. PleasantIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
- Gentry v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Brewer v. General Motors Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1996
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