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TURCOTTE v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 73-1251.

494 F.2d 173 (1974)

Robert L. TURCOTTE, Administrator of the Estate of Gerard P. Turcotte, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1974.

On Rehearing April 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul V. Reynolds, Providence, R. I., for defendant-appellant.

John F. Dolan, Providence, R. I., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE, Circuit Judge, and MOORE, Senior Circuit Judge.

McENTEE, 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...

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