Legal Opinion
Michael K. DePAEPE, Executor of the Estate of Kenneth J. DePaepe, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 4, 1998No. 96-3886PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
An automobile accident in 1984 left Kenneth DePaepe a quadriplegic: his neck broke during the deceleration. DePaepe says that a better design of the auto’s sun visor would have averted the loss; General Motors contends that the car (a 1984 Buick Regal) was crashworthy and that only DePaepe’s failure to use his seatbelt accounts for the injury. This tort suit under the diversity jurisdiction has been tried twice. After a three-week trial, the first jury absolved gm, but we reversed because the judge should not have instructed the jury about the concept of enhanced…
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