CARREIRO v. RHODES GILL AND CO., LTD.

Nos. 95-1206, 95-1239.

68 F.3d 1443 (1995)

Joao CARREIRO, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Teresa V. Carreiro, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. RHODES GILL AND CO., LTD., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Joao CARREIRO, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Teresa V. Carreiro, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. RHODES GILL AND CO., LTD., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Main Machinery Company, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Epstein, Quincy, MA, with whom Spillane & Epstein was on brief for Joao Carreiro.

Judith A. Perritano, Boston, MA, with whom Joel F. Pierce and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller were on brief for Main Machinery Company and H. Leach Machinery Company.

Robert D. Fine, Providence, RI, with whom Licht & Semonoff was on brief for Barry G. Hittner, Receiver of Rumford Property and Liability Insurance Company.

Jeanne O'Leary McHugh, Boston, MA, with whom Law Offices of Bruce R. Fox was on brief for The Robbins Company.

Before SELYA and STAHL, Circuit Judges, and GORTON, District Judge.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

These appeals arise from a product liability and wrongful death suit brought by appellant Joao Carreiro, whose wife Teresa was killed while operating a machine press at The Robbins Company ("Robbins"). Carreiro sued Rhodes Gill & Co., Ltd. ("Rhodes"), the English manufacturer of the machine; H. Leach Machinery Company ("Leach"), the dissolved domestic distributor of the machine; Main Machinery Company ("Main"), the alleged successor corporation...

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