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IN RE MULTI-PIECE RIM PRODUCTS LIABILITY LIT.

Nos. 80-1267, 80-1284.

653 F.2d 671 (1981)

In re MULTI-PIECE RIM PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Appeal of FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. In re MULTI-PIECE RIM PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Appeal of William HADDON, Jr., M.D., Benjamin Kelley, Brian O'Neill, John Arminio, Jackson Wong, Paul R. Rohr, Sharon Goins, and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. Lee, Washington, D. C., with whom Wendy N. Munyon, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., appellant in No. 80-1267 and appellee in No. 80-1284.

Ronald G. Precup, Washington, D. C., with whom Lucien Hilmer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for Haddon, Jr., M.D., et al., appellees in No. 80-1267 and cross appellants in No. 80-1284.

Before WILKEY and MIKVA, Circuit Judges, and JAMES F. GORDON, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Firestone) appeals from an order of the district court denying Firestone's motion to compel discovery from certain non-party witnesses in connection with a products liability suit. The witnesses cross-appeal from the district court's failure to award them the expenses of their opposition to Firestone's motion. Finding that the court acted within its discretion...

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