Legal Opinion
Nicholson v. Yamaha Motor Co.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 1, 1989No. 362, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
Appellant, who now undoubtedly wishes that he hadn’t, purchased a 1982 Yamaha motorcycle, Model XJ 400J. The motorcycle was manufactured by Yamaha Motor Company Ltd. of Japan, a Japanese corporation (Yamaha Japan). It entered the American stream of commerce through Yamaha Japan’s American distributor, Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (Yamaha America), which, in turn, distributed it to a regional distributor, Maryland Yamaha, Inc. (Yamaha Maryland). Yamaha Maryland ultimately sold the vehicle to appellant.
On November 21, 1984, while driving his motorcycle in Baltimore City,…
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