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SINGER v. PIAGGIO & C.

No. 7353.

420 F.2d 679 (1970)

B. Stephen SINGER, PPA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PIAGGIO & C. (s.p.a.), Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert P. Zabin, with whom Joseph Schneider and Schneider & Reilly, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Andrew B. Goodspeed, with whom Goodspeed & Stramondo, Boston, Mass., was no brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff,1 a citizen of Pennsylvania, purchased there a Vespa motor scooter made in Italy by defendant Piaggio & C. (s. p. a.) and subsequently was injured in Florida due, allegedly, to a manufacturing defect. Asserting that the defendant is doing business in Massachusetts, plaintiff brought suit in the federal court in that district, and when, thereafter, Massachusetts passed a long arm statute, Mass.G.L...

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