Legal Opinion
Maria NAVARRO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 27, 1997No. 96-3176PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Maria Navarro, the plaintiff in a diversity personal-injury suit which the parties agree is governed by the law of Illinois, was a passenger in a 1982 Subaru that had been manufactured in Japan in 1981 by Fuji Heavy Industries, the defendant. The driver lost control of the car when its rear suspension gave way suddenly and unexpectedly as a result of having rusted through. Navarro was flung from the car, which rolled over several times and came to rest on top of her. The accident occurred in 1992 in Chicago, where the car, which had 125,000 miles on its odometer, had…
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