Legal Opinion
Beverly M. Fisher and John B. Fisher, Sr. v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 23, 2000No. 99-3012PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Beverly M. Fisher appeals the district court’s pre-trial grant of partial summary judgment to Ford Motor Co. (“Ford”), as well as rulings at trial, in her diversity lawsuit against Ford. Fisher sustained serious head injuries when the driver’s-side air bag of her 1996 Ford Escort deployed during a collision. Due to her short stature, Mrs. Fisher was seated very close to the steering column in which the air bag is contained. She claims she did not see and did not read the warning sign posted on the sun visor cautioning drivers not to sit close to the air bag; nor…
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