SALGADO BY SALGADO v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 97-2590.

150 F.3d 735 (1998)

Samantha SALGADO, a minor by her father and next friend Edwin SALGADO, and Edwin Salgado, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Frost and David P. Schippers (argued), Schippers & Bailey, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jennifer A. Kenedy (argued), Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, and Evan A. Burkholder, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by a passenger injured in an automobile accident and her father, Samantha and Edwin Salgado ("Salgado"), against the manufacturer of the vehicle, General Motors Corporation ("GM"). The district court held that Salgado had failed to comply with the court's deadline for the submission of the reports of expert witnesses and therefore barred the testimony of those witnesses at the trial. Because this action left Salgado without...

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