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Parties Involved:
Mazda Distributors (Gulf), Inc.
Appellee
Mazda Motor Corporation
Appellee
Mazda Motors of America (Central), Inc.
Appellee
Pam Mengwasser
Appellant
Robert J. Mengwasser
Appellant

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

ROBERT J. MENGWASSER and 

PAM MENGWASSER, individually and as 

surviving parents of GINA RENEA 

MENGWASSER, deceased, 

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

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FILED 

U<1ited States Court of Appeals 

·renth Ci'."".'l.!(t 

SEP I 8 1989 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

v. ) No. 88-2527 

MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, a Japanese 

corporation, MAZDA MOTORS OF 

AMERICA (CENTRAL), INC., a Delaware 

corporation, and MAZDA DISTRIBUTORS 

(GULF), INC., a Texas corporation, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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) CIV-86-2347-A) 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MCKAY, TACHA, and EBEL, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. Therefore, the cause is ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Plaintiffs Robert J. and Pam Mengwasser appeal from a jury 

verdict in favor of defendants. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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the district court erred in admitting testimony concerning the 

deceased's nonuse of her seat belt. We have carefully reviewed 

the issue in light of Fed. R. Evid. 103(a)(l), and we conclude 

that plaintiffs waived their right to raise that issue on appeal 

and that they have failed to demonstrate that the alleged error 

affected any substantial right. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the 

judgment below. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

David M. Ebel 

Circuit Judge 

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