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· 3/16/1977

Schaeffer v. General Motors Corp.

Citations

  • 360 N.E.2d 1062
  • 372 Mass. 171
  • 100 A.L.R. 3d 462
  • 1977 Mass. LEXIS 904

How courts have described this case

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  • automobile manual should have warned of a foreseeable risk in the use of a component part manufactured by the defendant
  • defendant automobile manufacturer could be found to have violated duty to warn, where owner’s manual represented vehicle component in question as safety device but did not warn of attendant risks, of which jury could have found defendant aware

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins

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