Andrew Torres v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.

857 F.2d 1293 Prod.Liab.Rep.(CCH)P 11,917 Andrew TORRES; Amanda Torres, husband and wife; Walter Torres; Debra Torres, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, INC., an Ohio Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 87-2062. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 18, 1988. Decided Sept. 20, 1988. Richard D. Engler, Engler, Engler, Weil & Nelson, Yuma, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. Jefferson L. Lankford, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before SNEED, HALL and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiffs-appellants the Torreses sue to recover for personal injuries suffered as a result of an automobile accident. The district court exercised diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1332 (a)(1) (1982). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ("Goodyear") concluding that "neither the Arizona courts nor the Arizona legislature have accepted the expansive liability doctrines argued by the plaintiffs." We have…