NEMIROVSKY v. DAIKIN NORTH AMERICA, LLC

SJC-13108.

488 Mass. 712 (2021)

OFER NEMIROVSKY v. DAIKIN NORTH AMERICA, LLC, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Fleming ( Felicia H. Ellsworth also present) for the defendants.

James L. Messenger ( John W. Moran also present) for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Jennifer B. Dickey , of the District of Columbia, & Patrick Strawbridge for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

James M. Campbell & Christopher Howe for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Phil Goldberg & Cary Silverman , of the District of Columbia, & Brandon L. Arber for National Association of Manufacturers.

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


We have long held that the manufacturer of a nondefective component placed in an integrated product generally is not liable for damage caused by a defect in the integrated product.2 This so-called "component parts doctrine" is grounded in the unremarkable proposition that the component manufacturer, unlike...

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