SANTOS v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION


430 Mass. 198 (1999)

PAUL J. SANTOS, JR., individually and as executor, & another v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. McElaney, Jr. (Peter M. Durney with him) for Chrysler Corporation.

Cynthia J. Cohen (Leo V. Boyle & Samuel M. Furgang with her) for the plaintiff.

John J. Ryan, Jr. (Emily G. Coughlin with him) for Post Motors, Inc.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The wife and three children of the plaintiff, Paul J. Santos, Jr., were killed in an automobile accident. He sued the defendant Chrysler Corporation (Chrysler), the manufacturer of his 1986 Plymouth Voyager minivan, for negligence, breach of warranty of merchantability, and wrongful death. The plaintiff also sued Post Motors, Inc. (Post Motors), the retail seller, for negligence. Post Motors cross-claimed for indemnification from Chrysler. A jury returned...

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