IANNACCHINO v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

SJC-10059

451 Mass. 623 (2008)

JOSEPH IANNACCHINO & others v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Narwold, of Connecticut (Kristen Marquis Fritz with him) for the plaintiffs.

Brian D. Boyle, of the District of Columbia (Mel Andrew Schwing, of the District of Columbia, & Thomas M. Elcock with him) for the defendants.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Hugh F. Young, Jr., of Virginia, David R. Geiger & Rachel M. Brown for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

John Roddy, Elizabeth Ryan, & Paul R. Collier, III, for AARP & others.

Deborah J. La Fetra, of California, for Pacific Legal Foundation.

Robin S. Conrad & Amar D. Sarwal, of the District of Columbia, & Peter W. Herzog for The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Ben Robbins, Martin J. Newhouse, & Jo Ann Shotwell Kaplan for New England Legal Foundation & another.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, & BOTSFORD, JJ.


BOTSFORD, J.

The question before us in this case concerns the viability of the plaintiffs' complaint. They bring the action as representatives of a proposed class of Massachusetts residents owning certain models of Ford vehicles, and they claim that the outside door handle systems in their vehicles are noncompliant with applicable Federal safety standards, defective, and unsafe. At issue in this appeal are the plaintiffs...

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