CARLSON v. AMERICAN SAFETY EQUIPMENT CORP.

No. 75-1240.

528 F.2d 384 (1976)

Edna Bonfilio CARLSON, Administratrix of the Estate of John D. Bonfilio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN SAFETY EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Kaplan, Boston, Mass., with whom Joseph G. Abromovitz and Kaplan, Latti & Flannery, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis X. Kiley, Boston, Mass., with whom Badger, Sullivan, Kelley & Cole, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant-appellee.

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


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff commenced wrongful death and survival actions to recover damages arising out of the death of her son, John D. Bonfilio, on April 29, 1972, as a result of a head injury sustained the day before while he was driving a motorcycle that collided with a car at an intersection in Lexington, Massachusetts. Plaintiff is the administratrix of decedent's estate. Defendant is the manufacturer of the protective helmet which decedent was wearing...

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