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DOHERTY v. DIVING UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

SJC-12707.

484 Mass. 193 (2020)

MARGARET C. DOHERTY, personal representative, v. DIVING UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL, INC., & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

February 27, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Rossman for the plaintiff.

Martin K. DeMagistris for John Golbranson.

Jennifer A. Creedon , for Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

John J. Barter , for Professional Liability Foundation, Ltd., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

Following a fatal scuba diving accident involving the plaintiff's decedent in May 2014, the plaintiff, as personal representative of the decedent's estate, brought a wrongful death action under G. L. c. 229, § 2, against the manufacturer of the "dry suit" that the decedent used on his dive, the individual who supplied the decedent...

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