Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2012No. 10-1137UnpublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND JUDGMENT*
TERRENCE L. O’BRIEN, United States Circuit Judge.
Erica Hoffman was rendered a quadriplegic from injuries she suffered as a front seat passenger in a rollover of a 1999 Ford Mercury Cougar Coupe (Cougar). She and her parents, Gary and Sandra Hoffman, (collectively, Hoffmans) sued Ford Motor Company (Ford) claiming she was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the accident but, due to a defect in its buckle, it released during the accident causing her to be ejected from the vehicle and to suffer a paralyzing spinal cord injury. To support Hoffmans’ defect theory (product lia*964bili…
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