Legal Opinion
Nally v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 15, 1989PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
This is a wrongful death action. The plaintiff, administrator of the estate of his son, Brian Nally, alleges defects in the rear seat and the hatchback latching systems of an automobile in which Brian Nally was a passenger. The plaintiff alleges that the automobile was designed, manufactured, and sold by the defendants, Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Voikswagenwerk A. G. (hereinafter collectively referred to as Volkswagen). This is the plaintiff’s appeal from an order of a judge in the Superior Court granting summary judgment for Volkswagen. The order was based on the plaintiff’s counsel’s…
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