GLADHILL v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 83-1091(L), 84-1095.

743 F.2d 1049 (1984)

Robert GLADHILL; Harriet Gladhill and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a corporation, Subrogee of Robert Gladhill, Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Rockmont Motor Company, Appellees. Robert GLADHILL; Harriet Gladhill and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, a corporation, Subrogee of Robert Gladhill, Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Rockmont Motor Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Fireison, Bethesda, Md. (Louis Fireison & Associates, P.A., and Daniel Blum, Bethesda, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Joseph G. Finnerty, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (John R. Metz, Piper & Marbury, Washington, D.C., and Donald R. Parshall, Jr., Detroit, Mich., on brief), for appellee General Motors Corp.

Delverne A. Dressel, Baltimore, Md. (Horn, Dressel & Bennett, P.A., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee Rockmont Motor Co.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment entered on the jury's verdict for defendants in their products liability suit. Because we conclude that the district court failed to comply with circuit precedent in the selection of the jury, we reverse and direct that the case be retried before a properly constituted jury. We also rule on some of plaintiffs' other contentions where it is likely that they...

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