Baker v. General Motors Corporation

138 F.3d 1225

Kenneth Lee BAKER; Steven Robert Baker, by next friend,

Melissa Thomas, Appellees,

v.

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellant,

The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

No. 95-1604.

United States Court of Appeals,

Eighth Circuit

March 10, 1998.

ORDER

1

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)…