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BURKE v. BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

No. 83-146-Appeal.

471 A.2d 206 (1984)

Paul E. BURKE et al. v. BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Managhan, Jeffrey Teitz, Corcoran, Peckham & Hayes, P.C., Newport, Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Faith A. LaSalle, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiffs.

Gerald C. DeMaria, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Providence, for defendants.

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case has been certified to us by the Federal District Court of Rhode Island. In pertinent part, it is a products-liability suit brought by the plaintiffs to recover damages for personal injuries they sustained in an automobile accident on March 3, 1979.

The plaintiffs filed their initial complaint on November 5, 1982. The defendants' allegedly defective product, a BMW 1600 automobile, was first sold for use in May of...

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