Robert M.N. Palmer, The Law Offices of Robert M.N. Palmer, P.C., William C. Carmody, Susman Godfrey LLP, and Carl R. Roth, Law Offices of Carl R. Roth, attorneys for plaintiff; and Lewin Plunkett, Plunkett & Gibson, Inc., attorney for defendant.
 

On October 22, 1998, Dr. Khadijah Abdul Ali Mohamed, age 37, was operating her Mazda Protegé, which was equipped with a restraint system that included an automatic passive shoulder belts and manual lap belts for the front seat occupants, in a southerly direction on Greenville Avenue in Dallas Texas. Dr. Mohamed was restrained by only the passive shoulder belt As she entered the intersection with Park Lane, in an attempt to turn left onto eastbound Park Lane, her vehicle was struck by a pick up truck driven by Gregory J. Graham. Dr. Mohamed suffered fatal injuries to her liver.
 

Plaintiff alleged defendants were negligent in the design and manufacture of the Mazda Protegé and failed in their duty to exercise ordinary care in the design of the passive restraint in the Protegé and in particular its failure to provide adequate pelvic restraint when used in its passive mode without the lap belt. Plaintiff also alleged the geometry of the shoulder belt made the belt unreasonably dangerous. Plaintiff also contended that Mazda failed to adequately warn of the inherent dangers in the design of such restraints and failed to properly instruct owners and operators in the usage of this passive restraint system.
 

Lost wages were approximately $109,000 annually and medical bills totaling $32,255.45.
 

Settled for a confidential amount April 5, 2001