SVEGE v. MERCEDES BENZ CREDIT CORP.

No. 3:01CV1771 (JBA).

182 F.Supp.2d 226 (2002)

Alice SVEGE, Plaintiff, v. MERCEDES BENZ CREDIT CORP., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

January 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Pingpank, Cooney, Scully & Dowling, Hartford, CT, Leo Gilberg, Office of Attorney Leo Gilberg, New York City, for Alice G. Svege.

Frederick Joseph Trotta, LoRicco, Trotta & LoRicco, New Haven, CT, for Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp.

Daniel J. Krisch, Karen L. Dowd, Horton, Shields & Cormier, Hartford, CT, Peter M. Durney, Thomas A. Pursley, Cornell & Gollub, Boston, MA, for Daimlerchrysler AG.

Paul D. Williams, Jessica J. Mitchell, Christine A. Baily, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, CT, for Freightliner and Detroit Diesel Corp.

Everett E. Newton, Murtha Cullina LLP, Craig A. Fontaine, Richard A. Lord, Jr., Cramer, Alissi & Fontaine PC, Hartford, CT, for Jacobs Vehicle Sys.


Ruling on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss [Doc. # 31]

ARTERTON, District Judge.

This lawsuit arises out of a tragic vehicle accident on the morning of September 16, 1999, in which three family members were killed and three were injured when a tractor-trailer owned by Mercedes Benz Credit Corporation ("MBCC") struck the concrete barrier separating east — and west-bound traffic, became airborne, and landed on the vehicle driven by Thor Svege Sr...

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