Baker v. General Motors Corp.

ORDER

In this products liability action, we reversed an eleven-million-dollar jury verdict against General Motors Corporation. See Baker v. General Motors Corp., 86 F.3d 811 (8th Cir.1996). Relevant facts are set forth in that opinion. We found: 1) that the district court had imposed too harsh a sanction for discovery abuses; 2) that the punitive damages award was defective; and 3) that the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution was violated when the district court allowed Ronald Elwell to testify in contravention of an injunction issued by a Michigan court. See id. at 818, 820. The…