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Santos v. Chrysler Corp.

Citations

  • 430 Mass. 198

How courts have described this case

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  • finding trial judge properly excluded expert opinion where it lacked factual foundation and was thus speculative
  • excluding expert’s testimony where “factual foundation for the expert’s opinion was insufficient”
  • indemnity is available where party without fault has been compelled by law to defend himself against the wrongful act of another
  • expert's opinion properly excluded where proponent did not establish that data underlying the opinion \matched the circumstances of the plaintiff's accident\
  • interest accrued from dates that legal bills were paid by retail seller when car manufacturer wrongfully refused to indemnify it
  • order entered nunc pro tunc is reviewed for abuse of discretion

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Judges: Abrams

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