Legal Opinion
Hottle v. Beech Aircraft Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1995No. 92-1927PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WIDENER wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL and Judge HALL concurred.
OPINION
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents us with the interesting question of whether a federal court sitting in diversity appropriately deferred to a Virginia rule excluding evidence.1 The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Beech Aircraft Corporation in a wrongful death action brought by Sally S. Hottle for the death of her husband in an airplane accident. Mrs. Hottle contends that the district court’s exclusion of internal company documents under a Virginia…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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