MURPHY v. NISSAN MOTOR CORP. IN U.S.A.

No. 84CV4556.

650 F.Supp. 922 (1987)

Maura Ann MURPHY, Plaintiff, v. NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION IN U.S.A., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

January 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard McGowan, Paul D. Rheingold, P.C., New York City, for plaintiff.

James P. Barrett, Deborah M. Reyher, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KORMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Maura Ann Murphy, was a passenger in a 1983 Nissan Sentra automobile which crashed head-on into a tree, leaving her a paraplegic. At the time of the accident plaintiff's seat was fully reclined and she was not wearing a seat belt. In this action against Nissan Motor Corporation In U.S.A. ("Nissan"), in which jurisdiction is predicated on diversity of citizenship, plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that...

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