Legal Opinion
Heinricher v. Volvo Car Corporation
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 10, 2004No. 02-P-1564PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGrasso, J.
While riding in the rear center seat of a 1990 Volvo sedan (the Volvo) and wearing a two-point lap belt, Kendra M. Heinricher sustained serious injuries in a single-vehicle accident. All of the other seats in the Volvo were equipped with three-point lap-shoulder harnesses. Kendra and her parents, Darlene and Richard Heinricher, brought a complaint against Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo North America Corporation, and Dalzell Bros., Inc., sounding in negligence and breach of warranty, and asserting that the Volvo was defective because it lacked a three- point lap-shoulder harness in the rear…
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