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DOUCET v. FCA US LLC

SJC-13354.

492 Mass. 204 (2023)

AMY DOUCET & another v. FCA US LLC & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

June 8, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deepak Gupta , of the District of Columbia ( Andrew D. Nebenzahl , Carly J. LaCrosse , & Matthew W.H. Wessler also present) for the plaintiffs.

Peter M. Durney ( Christopher J. Hurst also present) for FCA US LLC.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Ben Robbins & Daniel B. Winslow for New England Legal Foundation.

Jeffrey R. White & Robert S. Peck , of the District of Columbia, Peter J. Ainsworth , Thomas R. Murphy , Kevin J. Powers , & Kyle A. Camilleri for Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys & another.

Cassandra Burke Robertson, Charles W. Rhodes, & Linda Sandstrom Simard, pro se.

Larry E. Coben , of Pennsylvania, Michael Brooks , of the District of Columbia, & Michael K. Gillis for Center for Auto Safety & another.

Present: Budd, C.J., Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

Paul Doucet was rendered incapacitated by an automobile accident in New Hampshire in 2015. His guardians (the plaintiffs) have brought a tort suit against the manufacturer of the car in which he was a passenger, FCA US LLC (FCA US), and the Massachusetts distributor-dealership, Sudbay Chrysler Dodge, Inc. (Sudbay).5...

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