Legal Opinion
Gorman v. Saf-T-Mate, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided May 14, 1981No. Civ. F 80-147PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
ESCHBACH, Chief Judge.
This cause is before the court on the September 12, 1980 motion to dismiss filed by defendant Saf-T-Mate, Inc. The motion challenges plaintiffs’ complaint on a variety of grounds. One of those challenges raises the question whether the private cause of action created by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (Warranty Act), 15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq., for breach of consumer product warranties includes damage claims for personal injury. This court concludes that the cause of action created by the federal statute does not, with certain exceptions,…
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