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JEFFREY v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 74-1145 Summary Calendar.

496 F.2d 1194 (1974)

Mildred JEFFREY, Individually and as mother, natural and confirmed tutrix of the minor, Stephen Clark Jeffrey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 5, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Maloney, Forrest L. Bethay, Sr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard L. Bodet, Jerry L. Saporito, Metairie, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, DYER and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this diversity products liability case, we can find no justification in the record for the District Court's dismissal on its own motion under F.R. Civ.P. 19(b). There is nothing before us to show that the case could not proceed against General Motors Corporation on a products liability theory without the joinder of any other party. Indeed the appellee, General Motors Corporation, concedes as much when it first failed to brief this appeal in the time...

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