Legal Opinion
Hernandez-Gomez v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided October 5, 2001No. 2 CA-CV 98-0188PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DRUKE, J.
¶ 1 Plaintiff Amparo Hernandez-Gomez sustained severe injuries when the 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit in which she was riding as a front-seat passenger veered off the road, flipped over, and landed. on its roof. Plaintiff sued Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft (collectively, Volkswagen), claiming that her injuries had resulted from the vehicle’s negligently or defectively designed passive restraint system. The restraint system for the front-seat passenger consisted primarily of an automatic shoulder belt that moved diagonally across the passenger’s…
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