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: How Appealing"Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit Over Rear Seat Belts"
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a news update headlined "Court says Mazda can be sued over seat-belt death."
In Thursday's edition of The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage will have an article headlined "Supreme Court OKs lawsuits over cars' lack of best safety equipment; The ruling reverses California court decisions in the case of a man's claim against Mazda that his wife would have survived a crash if her seat had a lap and shoulder belt, not just a lap belt."
The Detroit News has an update headlined "Court: Family can sue Mazda over seat belt death."
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Supreme Court allows lawsuits against automakers over seat belt design; Federal law does not shield automakers from potential lawsuits filed on behalf of passengers injured while wearing lap-only seat belts, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday."
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Auto Industry Can Be Sued Over Seatbelt Design, U.S. Supreme Court Rules."
James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Supreme Court allows lawsuits over seat belts."
And at her "Crossroads" blog, Jan Crawford of CBS News has a post titled "In twist, Supreme Court allows seatbelt lawsuit."
Full post as published by How Appealing on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).
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