Legal Opinion
Larry Hale, Linda Hale v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, the Budd Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1987No. 86-1679PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The Budd Company (Budd) appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri upon a jury verdict in an exploding rim case brought by Larry Hale and his wife, Linda Hale. The Hales were awarded $1,733,800 in actual and punitive damages from Budd. For reversal, Budd argues that the district court abused its discretion in 1) admitting into evidence a videotape prepared by the Hales’ counsel depicting a mannequin being “killed” by a rim separation; 2) denying Budd’s motion for a mistrial prompted by counsel for the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hale v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Vivian Sprynczynatyk and Paul Sprynczynatyk, Appellees/cross-Appellants v. General Motors Corporation, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Firestone v. Crown Center Redevelopment Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- Skogen v. Dow Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Charles Petty v. Ideco, a Division of Dresser Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Ludis J. Cooper v. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and the Budd Company, Ludis J. Cooper v. The Firestone Tire and Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Evelyn and Jack Lewy v. Remington Arms Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Leonard DRABIK, Appellee, v. STANLEY-BOSTITCH, INC., Defendant, Bostitch, a Division of Textron, Inc., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Kociemba v. G.D. Searle & Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1989
- In Re Air Crash at Little Rock Arkansas, on June 1, 1999. Anna Lloyd v. American Airlines, Inc. United States Air Transport Association of America, Inc., Amici on Behalf OfCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
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