NAVARRO v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

No. 96-3176.

117 F.3d 1027 (1997)

Maria NAVARRO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane E. Reames (argued), Sheldon A. Brenner, Brenner & Moltzen, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey Singer, Paul E. Wojcicki (argued), Robert E. O'Malley, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Maria Navarro, the plaintiff in a diversity personal-injury suit which the parties agree is governed by the law of Illinois, was a passenger in a 1982 Subaru that had been manufactured in Japan in 1981 by Fuji Heavy Industries, the defendant. The driver lost control of the car when its rear suspension gave way suddenly and unexpectedly as a result of having rusted through. Navarro was flung from the...

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