General Motors Corp. v. Gayle

This is an original mandamus proceeding. In the underlying lawsuit plaintiffs Manuel and Maria Delarosa allege that Manuel suffered severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident on September 28,1988, because the seat belt he was wearing unlatched. Suit was filed September 21, 1990, and was set for trial numerous times, including several times on the district court’s dismissal docket. The last trial setting was on the dismissal docket on January 3, 1996. On that date, when the case was called for trial, defendant General Motors Corporation learned for the first time that a jury fee had never…