Legal Opinion
Williams v. Ford Motor Company
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 28, 1975PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEATHERBEE, Justice.
The District Court of the United States, District of Maine, under the provisions of 4 M.R.S.A. § 57, as amended, and M.R.C.P., Rule 76B, has certified to the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine the following question of law:
“Is the Plaintiffs’ claim of negligence against the Defendant Ford Motor Company barred by the statute of limitations contained in 14 M.R.S.A. § 752?”
On May 10, 1966, Mr. J. Vance Williams, brother of the plaintiff Mr. James M. Williams, purchased a motor vehicle from the defendant Ford Motor Company. On August 28, 1972, more than six years after the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mobley v. Murray CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Jackson v. General Motors Corp., Oldsmobile Div.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1969
- Tantish v. SzendeySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1962
- Flaherty v. HelfontSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1923
- McNally v. Nicholson Manufacturing CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Myrick v. JamesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
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- Hossler Ex Rel. Dows v. BarrySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Bernier v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1986
- Jong Hee Small, Personal Representative of the Estate of Delbert Small v. The Inhabitants of the City of Belfast and James Murphy, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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