Legal Opinion
James M. O'ReaR v. Fruehauf Corporation, Defendant-Third-Party Fruehauf Distributing Company v. G. G. Espinoza, Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 27, 1977No. 75-3987PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge:
In this appeal, the issue presented is whether defense counsel’s repeated reference to a parallel state court proceeding, in deliberate disobedience of the trial court’s order forbidding such reference, coupled with the judge’s refusal to permit plaintiff’s counsel to respond to these references in final argument, was harmless error. Finding that it was not, we reverse.
This is a products liability action for damages arising from injuries sustained by O’Rear when a tractor-trailer came uncoupled, crossed over into the opposite lane of traffic and collided…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- United States v. George B. RileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Floyd Harris and Doretha Harris v. Zurich Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Ruby Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by127 opinions
- Peter Joseph Caldarera, Jr., Etc. v. Eastern Airlines, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. NarcisoDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1977
- City of Cleveland v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Emanuel Barshov and James E. RossCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Hooshang HooshmandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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