Perspective
Sep. 8, 2011
Justices deliver automakers setback on pre-emption issue
Choosing which safety restraint to use becomes more risky for automakers. By Robert C. Rodriguez of Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
In what many in the products liability industry viewed as a sharp reversal, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Williamson v. Mazda, 131 S. Ct. 1131 (2011), ruled earlier this year in an 8-0 decision that a California personal injury lawsuit was not pre-empted by a federal safety regulation. The Williamson case arose out of a 2002 head-on automobile accident in California. Thanh Williamson was a rear center seat passenger in a 1993 Ma...
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