George Jamros Kathryn Jamros Kusenko Alexander Kusenko v. Ford Motor Company

70 F.3d 1278 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. George JAMROS; Kathryn Jamros Kusenko; Alexander Kusenko, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-15854. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted: Oct. 17, 1995. Decided: Nov. 14, 1995. Before: SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 George Jamros, as guardian ad litem for Kathryn Jamros Kusenko, and Alexander Kusenko appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant Ford Motor Company ("Ford") in their diversity action, alleging that the seat-belt mechanism in the Ford Festiva was an unreasonably dangerous design defect. Kathryn Kusenko was severely injured when the Ford Festiva, driven by her husband, Alexander Kusenko, went off the road, broke through a barrier at the side of the highway, knocked down one or more trees, and finally came to rest when it struck a larger tree. The accident occurred after Mr.…