Legal Opinion
Stanton v. AM General Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 26, 2000No. 98-P-2055PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
In January, 1995, Robert E. Stanton, a self-employed independent trucker living in Massachusetts, was injured when he slipped on ice and fell near a loading dock at a manufacturing plant of the defendant, AM General Corporation (AM General), in Mishawaka, Indiana. Ten months later, he filed a complaint in the Lowell District Court claiming that the defendant “failed to maintain the [Mishawaka] premises in a safe condition.” Stanton served AM General through a registered agent for service of process in Indianapolis. AM General answered and moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal…
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