Legal Opinion
Robert L. Turcotte, Administrator of the Estate of Gerard P. Turcotte v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 8, 1974No. 73-1251PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MeENTEE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, a Rhode Island citizen, filed this diversity suit in the United States District Court for Rhode Island, seeking to recover for the alleged wrongful death of his son. The decedent was a passenger in a 1970 Maverick, manufactured by defendant Ford Motor Company, when the car was struck by another car on the Massachusetts Turnpike near Millbury, Massachusetts and burst into flames. Decedent died in the fire. The owner of the Maverick was William J. Sullivan of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, who purchased it from Menard Ford Sales, Inc., of South Bellingham,…
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