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prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 12,963 Leila Malave-Felix v. Volvo Car Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 16, 1991No. 14-1171PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Appellants, Dr. Leila Malave Felix and her husband, Jose Soto Martinez, (“Ma-lave”), appeal from a judgment entered February 19, 1991 in the District of Puerto Rico, Jaime Pieras, Jr., District Judge, upon a directed verdict dismissing all claims against appellee Volvo Car Corporation (“Volvo”).
Malave raises essentially two claims of error on appeal: (1) that she presented sufficient evidence to support her claim that Volvo was liable on a theory of negligence or strict liability for the manufacture of a defective product, and that the district court erred in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Jiménez v. Pelegrina EspinetSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1982
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3Cited by70 opinions
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