NALLY v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.


405 Mass. 191 (1989)

539 N.E.2d 1017

GERALD S. NALLY, administrator, vs. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry C. Reed, Jr. (Barry C. Reed, Sr., with him) for the plaintiff.

James L. Sigel (Katrina Weinig with him) for the defendants.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'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 Volkswagenwerk A.G. (hereinafter collectively referred to...

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