Legal Opinion
Forrest A. Flaminio and Gloria Flaminio v. Honda Motor Company, Ltd., a Japanese Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1984No. 83-2164PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal in a personal-injury diversity suit brings up a variety of interesting substantive and procedural questions. In 1978 a middle-aged man named Forrest Flaminio bought a “Gold Wing” motorcycle, a large and powerful touring motorcycle manufactured by the Honda Motor Company of Japan (Japanese Honda) and distributed in the United States by its wholly owned subsidiary, American Honda Motor Company (American Honda). The motorcycles are shipped from Japan partially assembled, but assembly is completed by the dealers to whom American Honda distributes the motorcycles…
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