O'REAR v. FRUEHAUF CORP.

No. 75-3987.

554 F.2d 1304 (1977)

James M. O'REAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRUEHAUF CORPORATION, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee. FRUEHAUF DISTRIBUTING COMPANY et al., Defendants, v. G. G. ESPINOZA et al., Third Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Houser, Robert C. Scott, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael M. Fulton, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-third-party plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge:

In this appeal, the issue presented is whether defense counsel's repeated reference to a parallel state court proceeding, in deliberate disobedience of the trial court's order forbidding such reference, coupled with the judge's refusal to permit plaintiff's counsel to respond to these references in final argument, was harmless error. Finding that it was not, we reverse.

This is a products liability action for damages arising...

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