Legal Opinion
Kaitz v. Foreign Motors, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 24, 1987No. 86-1086PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The plaintiffs’ action (for personal injury, property damage, and loss of consortium) was dismissed on the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. The action stemmed from an automobile accident that occurred on July 31, 1980, in the outdoor parking lot of Foreign Motors, Inc., an auto dealership. Mrs. Kaitz had brought her seventeen month old BMW in that morning for a routine, 12,500 mile servicing. The car had been running perfectly up to that time. In the late afternoon the plaintiffs returned and found the serviced BMW in the parking area. Mrs. Kaitz entered the car, turned the ignition…
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