Kathleen Madaline Jarvis, Individually and as a Parent and Guardian of Paul Michael Attila Jarvis, a Minor v. Ford Motor Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2002-02-07

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Judge VAN GRAAFEILAND concurs in part and dissents in part in a separate opinion. SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge. A six-day-old 1991 Ford Aerostar driven by plaintiff-appellant Kathleen Jarvis suddenly accelerated, resulting in an accident from which Jarvis sustained serious injuries. Jarvis contends that the Aerostar “took off’ without her depressing the accelerator and that she was unable to stop the van by pumping…

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