The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has revived two of three claims included in a wrongful death suit against a company that manufactures automotive seat belts, ruling that it did not have to be “actively involved” in the devices’ design to still face liability claims.

The unpublished ruling sends the case back to U.S. District Judge William Duffey Jr., who dismissed the case last year in ruling on summary judgment that Autoliv Japan Ltd., which makes seat-belt assemblies for Mazda vehicles, was not sufficiently involved in designing and testing the belt at issue to maintain liability claims.   

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