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DePAEPE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 96-3886.

141 F.3d 715 (1998)

Michael K. DePAEPE, executor of the estate of Kenneth J. DePaepe, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied May 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Novoselsky, Novoselsky & Associates, Chicago, IL, Richard M. Goodman (argued), Goodman, Lister, Seikaly and Peters, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Hugh C. Griffin, Diane I. Jennings, L. Anthony Lehr, Thomas J. Burke, Jr., Stephanie A. Burris, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Paul T. Cappuccio (argued), Adam G. Ciongoli, Richard A. Cordray, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 4, 1998.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

An automobile accident in 1984 left Kenneth DePaepe a quadriplegic: his neck broke during the deceleration. DePaepe says that a better design of the auto's sun visor would have averted the loss; General Motors contends that the car (a 1984 Buick Regal) was crashworthy and that only DePaepe's failure to use his seatbelt accounts for the injury. This tort suit under...

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