051845.U

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-1845
ESTATE OF WANDA F. SMITH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. Glen M. Williams, Senior
District Judge. (CA-03-147-2)
Submitted: April 12, 2006 Decided: May 9, 2006
Before TRAXLER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Charles H. Smith, III, Monica Taylor Monday, GENTRY, LOCKE, RAKES
& MOORE, Roanoke, Virginia; Clarence Edward Phillips, CLARENCE E.
PHILLIPS, P.C., Castlewood, Virginia, for Appellant. Brian K.
Telfair, Jack R. Reiter, Stephanie G. Kolman, ADORNO & YOSS,
L.L.P., Coral Cables, Florida, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
The Estate of Wanda F. Smith appeals the district court’s
order accepting the report and recommendation of a magistrate judge
and granting General Motors Corp.’s motion for summary judgment in
Smith’s civil action in which she alleged she suffered injuries due
to the defective design of the seat belt of the car in which she
was a passenger. We have reviewed the record and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm summary judgment in favor
of GM for the reasons stated by the district court. See Estate of
Wanda F. Smith v. General Motors Corp., No. CA-03-147-2 (W.D. Va.
June 29, 2005). We dispense with oral argument because the facts
and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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