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POKORNY v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 89-1527.

902 F.2d 1116 (1990)

Anne Duffy POKORNY, Administratrix of the Estate of John Duffy, Deceased, Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Bracken (argued), Richard A. Sprague, Sprague, Higgins, Creamer & Sprague, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Malcolm E. Wheeler (argued), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, Cal., and Joseph V. Pinto, White and Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Stephen M. Shapiro, Kenneth S. Geller, James C. Schroeder, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for amici curiae, Product Liability Advisory Counsel, Inc. and Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Ass'n of the U.S., Inc.

Before HUTCHINSON, SCIRICA and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.

Anne Duffy Pokorny (Pokorny), administratrix of the estate of John Duffy (Duffy), appeals from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Ford Motor Company (Ford). Duffy died in a traffic accident while a passenger in a Ford van. Pokorny claims that the van was defectively designed. She contends that Ford's failure to provide adequate safety protection for passengers in its van was a design...

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