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SIREN v. BEHAN

224 N.J. Super. 130 (1988)

539 A.2d 1244

FRANCES SIREN, SUBSTITUTE EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD L. SIREN, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. JOSEPH BEHAN, VOLKSWAGEN-WERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, A.G., VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC., WORLD WIDE VOLKSWAGEN, INC., PIKE VOLKSWAGEN, INC., STATE OF NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF GLOUCESTER, TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW, COUNTY OF CAMDEN AND JAMES P. BEHAN, JOINTLY, SEVERALLY AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molotsky, Rabkin & Schwartz, attorneys for appellant (Ira Rabkin, on the brief).

Hanlon, McHeffey, Herzfeld & Rubin, attorneys for respondents Volkswagen of America, Inc., Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, A.G., World Wide Volkswagen and Pike Volkswagen (Robert M. Hanlon, of counsel; Lawrence N. Lavigne, on the brief).

No briefs were filed on behalf of the other respondents.

Before Judges MICHELS, SHEBELL and GAYNOR.

The opinion of the court was delivered by SHEBELL, J.A.D.

Plaintiff, Frances Siren, Substitute Executrix of the Estate of Richard L. Siren, deceased, appeals from a judgment of no cause for action entered on a jury finding that neither the automobile nor the door latch system manufactured, distributed and sold by the Volkswagen-defendants was defective and that neither defect was the proximate cause of plaintiff's husband's death.

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