4775 REVIEW DENIED Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, which authorizes automobile manufacturers to install a two-point, lap-only seatbelt at the inboard seating positions of a vehicle, preempts a state court action based on a claim that the installation of a two-point, lap-only seat belt at the inboard seating position of a vehicle made the vehicle defective.CitationWILLIAMSON v MAZDA (Seatbelt) 167 CA4 905 [See: 49 USC 30103; 49 CFR 571.208; Ketchum v Hyundai 49 CA4 1672, T/AT 11/96; Geier v American Honda 529 US 861, T/AT 7/00]
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