Legal Opinion
Dennis Kathios v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 1988No. 88-1598PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case offers food for thought in several senses of the phrase. Defendant says that plaintiff has had one bite of the apple and cannot take a second. Plaintiff contends that his initial bite was but a nibble, and that the fruit is not now forbidden. The district court found defendant’s view of the prandial arrangements more palatable, and granted summary judgment accordingly. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts germane to this appeal are not much in dispute. On August 16, 1981, plaintiff-appellant Dennis Kathios and two friends, Marc Spellman and Stephen Chick, mixed…
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