BASTOW v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 87-1338, 87-1386 and 87-1387.

844 F.2d 506 (1988)

Kimberly A. BASTOW, Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation; and Johnson Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Inc., an Iowa Corporation, Appellees. Kimberly A. BASTOW, Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, and Johnson Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Inc., an Iowa Corporation. Kimberly A. BASTOW, Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, and Johnson Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Inc., an Iowa Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Goodrich, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Robert L. Fanter, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellees.

Before ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LARSON, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Kimberly Bastow appeals from the district court's judgment in favor of defendants General Motors Corporation and Johnson Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Incorporated. Plaintiff brought this diversity action, alleging the parking brake system in her new 1982 model Chevrolet Citation X-Car was defective and unreasonably dangerous because (1) the brake light went "on" even when the brake was not effectively applied and there was no...

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