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2763 In spite of a saving clause providing that compliance with a federal safety standard does not exempt any person from liability under common law, a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard requiring certain passive restraints in automobiles manufactured after a certain date pre-empted state products liability actions based on the claim that a vehicle that complied with the Standard was defective because it lacked a driver's side airbag.CitationGEIER v AMERICAN HONDA (Airbag Pre-emption) 529 US 861 [See: 15 USC 1381 etseq; FMVSS 208; Medtronic v Lohr 518 US 470; Fidelity v DelaCuesta 458 US 141; Freightliner v Myrick 514 US 280; US v Locke 529 US ___; AT&T v Central 524 US 214; Texas & Pacific v Abilene 204 US 426]
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