THOMAS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Civil Action No. 99-451.

70 F.Supp.2d 521 (1999)

Eric V. THOMAS, D.M.D., individually, as Administrator, and Administrator ad Prosequen-dum of the Estate of Tracy Rose Thomas, and as parent and natural guardian of Alix Thomas, Plaintiff, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and TRW, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

November 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Pickering, Jr., Seaville, NJ, Thomas E. Mellon, Jr., Eliot Alan Kolodny, Mellon, Webster & Mellon, Doylestown, PA, for Plaintiff, Eric V. Thomas, D.M.D.

William J. Conroy, Robert George Devine, White and Williams, LLP, Westmont, NJ, for Defendant, Ford Motor Co.

Robert J. Hafner, Lavin, Coleman, O'Neil, Ricci, Finarelli & Gray, Mount Laurel, NJ, for Defendant, TRW, Inc.


OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

This products liability case, brought under New Jersey law, presents claims relating to injuries allegedly resulting from the premature activation of airbags in a lowspeed automobile collision. Plaintiff Eric Thomas ("Thomas") is suing Defendants Ford Motor Company ("Ford"), Breed Technologies, Inc. ("Breed"), and TRW, Inc. ("TRW") for injuries allegedly related to airbags installed on Thomas's 1996 Ford Explorer. Specifically...

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