Legal Opinion
Schiffer v. Mazda Motor Corp.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided April 6, 2000No. Civ.A. No. 1:00CV235TWTPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
THRASH, District Judge.
This is a products liability action. It is before the Court on the Defendant Mazda Motor Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 3-1] and Motion for a Preliminary Hearing [Doc. 3-2], For the reasons set forth below, both motions are denied.
I. BACKGROUND
This case arises out of an automobile collision that occurred on December 31, 1997. Plaintiff was driving a 1992 Mazda automobile northbound on Interstate 75-85 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was wearing the vehicle’s motorized passive restraint shoulder belt. Plaintiffs vehicle was struck on the driver’s side by a passing…
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