Legal Opinion
Patricia M. Wood v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 28, 1988No. 87-1750PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
The question before us is whether federal safety regulations preempt a state law claim, asserted in a federal diversity action, that a motor vehicle was defective because it lacked air bags.
This is an interlocutory appeal in a product liability diversity action brought in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts by plaintiff-appellee Patricia Wood against defendant-appellant General Motors Corporation. Wood has alleged that under Massachusetts law a vehicle manufactured by General Motors was defective because it was equipped with seat…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by116 opinions
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