SACRAMONA v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

No. 96-1345.

106 F.3d 444 (1997)

Robert J. SACRAMONA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., and The Budd Company, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Gillis with whom Gillis & Bikofsky, P.C., Newton Center, MA, was on briefs for appellant.

Francis H. Fox with whom John R. Skelton and Bingham, Dana & Gould L.L.P., Boston, MA, were on brief for appellee Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

Edward M. Kay with whom Michael W. Duffy, P. Scott Ritchie, Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, IL, Robert M. Spence, Assistant General Counsel,; Mark R. Karsner and Karsner & Meehan, P.C., Taunton, MA, were on brief for appellee The Budd Company.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Robert Sacramona, the plaintiff in this diversity action, appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment against him. His claims arose from an accident that occurred when Sacramona sought to mount and inflate a tire manufactured by defendant Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. on a wheel manufactured by defendant, The Budd Company. The appeal is essentially a challenge to the district court's rulings on the destruction or loss of evidence...

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