CARLSON v. HYUNDAI MOTOR CO.

No. 99-3103.

222 F.3d 1044 (2000)

Jodi Michaelle CARLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; Hyundai Motor America, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur Fluegel, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Harry A. Sieben, Jr., Minneapolis, MN, George L. Duranske III, Bemidji, MN, on the brief), for Appellant.

Leslie G. Landau, San Francisco, CA, argued (David W. Graves, Robert M. Lewis, Minneapolis, MN, James Art, San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before LOKEN, ROSS, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Jodi Michaelle Carlson was seriously injured in an April 1995 automobile accident. She commenced this action, alleging that a defective seat belt system and door frame caused her injury-enhancing ejection from a Hyundai Excel automobile when it left the road and rolled over. The district court concluded that Minnesota's "seat belt gag rule," codified in Minn. Stat. § 169.685, subd. 4, barred Carlson...

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