Legal Opinion
Robert J. Boreri v. Fiat S.P.A.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 30, 1985No. 84-1774PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, District Judge.
This proceeding has its roots in a traffic accident which occurred on August 12, 1979 in Freetown, Massachusetts. On that date, Robert J. Boreri was severely injured when his 1972 Fiat 128AF station wagon left the road. Contending that the proximate cause of the mishap was the failure of the vehicle’s steering mechanism, Boreri brought this product liability suit on August 9, 1982 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 1 We review in some detail the factual/procedural backdrop against which this appeal is played out before attempting to…
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