BORERI v. FIAT S.P.A.

No. 84-1774.

763 F.2d 17 (1985)

Robert J. BORERI, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. FIAT S.P.A., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Edwards, Boston, Mass., with whom Richard P. Campbell and Campbell & Associates Professional Corp., Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Lawrence Moniz, Taunton, Mass., with whom Francis M. O'Boy and O'Boy & Moniz, P.C., Taunton, Mass., were on brief for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before TORRUELLA and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and SELYA, District Judge.


SELYA, District Judge.

This proceeding has its roots in a traffic accident which occurred on August 12, 1979 in Freetown, Massachusetts. On that date, Robert J. Boreri was severely injured when his 1972 Fiat 128AF station wagon left the road. Contending that the proximate cause of the mishap was the failure of the vehicle's steering mechanism, Boreri brought this product liability suit on August 9, 1982 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts...

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