Legal Opinion
Altimus v. Hyundai Motor Co.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 9, 1998No. C7-97-2238PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
The district court entered summary judgment in September 1997 on a June 1995 complaint for injuries allegedly caused by a defective seatbelt restraint system in a 1991 accident. We conclude that it was not an abuse of discretion for the district court to grant summary judgment rather than a voluntary dismissal without prejudice, and we affirm.
FACTS
Richard Altimus and his niece, Nicolle Alti-mus L’Abbe, sustained extensive injuries in a traffic accident on Highway 70 near Grants-burg, Wisconsin, in August 1991. Altimus’s 1988 Hyundai Excel was equipped with passive seat…
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