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BARRON v. FORD MOTOR CO. OF CANADA LTD.

No. 90-3278.

965 F.2d 195 (1992)

Tina BARRON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Grawey, Cusack & Fleming, Peoria, Ill., Dan Bandklayder, Stanley M. Rosenblatt (argued), Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis D. Morrissey, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., Nicholas J. Bertschy, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, Ill., John M. Thomas (argued), Ford Motor Co., Office of Gen. Counsel, Dearborn, Mich., for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Tina Barron, age 18, was rendered paraplegic and forced onto the welfare rolls as the result of an accident in 1984 in which the car she was riding in (driven by her sister) skidded on a rain-slick highway in North Carolina and turned over. Because Barron was not wearing a seatbelt (although the car was equipped with seatbelts), she was flung out of the car, either through the closed sunroof, as she...

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