HANSEN v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 21987.

900 P.2d 952 (1995)

120 N.M. 203

Brenda K. HANSEN, f/k/a Brenda K. Sims, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Al Allred Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., a New Mexico corporation, and TRW, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edward Hollington & Associates, P.A., J. Edward Hollington, Reed S. Sheppard, Albuquerque, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, P.A., Tracy E. McGee, Albuquerque, for appellant.

John M. Thomas, Ford Motor Co., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Dearborn, for appellee Ford Motor Co.

Reeves, Chavez, Greenfield, Acosta & Walker, P.A., Frank N. Chavez, Las Cruces, for appellee Al Allred Ford-Lincoln Mercury, Inc.

Atwood, Malone, Mann & Turner, P.A., Russell D. Mann, Jeffery D. Tatum, Roswell, for appellee TRW, Inc.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., R. Alfred Walker, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae N.M. Defense Lawyers Ass'n.

William H. Carpenter, Michael B. Browde, Albuquerque, for amicus curiae N.M. Trial Lawyers Ass'n.


OPINION

RANSOM, Justice.

Brenda Hansen was injured in January 1990 when the car she was driving collided with a car driven by Della Irene Pease. In settlement of her claims against Pease, Hansen executed a general release in April 1991. Two years later Hansen sued Ford Motor Company, Al Allred Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Inc., and TRW, Inc. (collectively, "Ford"), claiming that the air bag in her automobile malfunctioned during the collision, causing her injury...

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