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Hurt soldier sues over Stryker seat-belt design

Jun-15-2005 » Filed Under: Stryker Vehicle

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By MIKE BARBER, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

A former Fort Lewis soldier is suing the makers of the Army's new Stryker fighting vehicle, saying that an unsafe seat-belt design resulted in his permanent disability and discharge from the military.

The complaint against General Motors and General Dynamics was filed yesterday by Spc. Genaro Jesus Diaz's lawyers in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

The complaint seeks unspecified damages because of career-ending injuries that Diaz, then 22, is alleged to have received July 27, 2002, while test-driving the new vehicle for the two corporations in field conditions at the Army's Yakima Training Center. [...]


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