Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,437 Jodi Michaelle Carlson v. Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Motor America, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1999No. 97-3103PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action, Jodi Michaelle Carlson appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of her strict liability, negligence, and breach of warranty claims against Hyundai Motor Company and Hyundai Motor America, Inc. The district court concluded that MinmStat. § 169.685, subd. 4, known colloquially as the seat belt gag rule, bars these claims. We affirm.
In April 1995, Carlson was a passenger in a Hyundai Excel automobile that left the road and rolled over. Though she was wearing a seat belt and a shoulder harness anchored to the door frame, Carlson was thrown from the…
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- Betty Clayton v. White Hall School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
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