Legal Opinion
Alves v. Siegel's Broadway Auto Parts, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 28, 1989No. Civ. A. 87-533-HPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HARRINGTON, District Judge.
This case presents a choice of law question regarding a state statute of repose. The issue is before the Court on the motion of third-party defendant Leach Company, Inc. (“Leach”) for summary judgment. Jurisdiction is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts giving rise to this lawsuit are relatively simple. Plaintiffs sue as admin-istratrices of decedent’s estate, alleging in a three-count complaint that decedent was crushed to death during the course of his employment by the compacting unit on a trash collecting truck. Plaintiffs…
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