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DeBENEDETTO v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Nos. 83-1028(L), 83-1029.

754 F.2d 512 (1985)

Melissa E. DeBENEDETTO, a minor by her Guardian ad Litem, Frances DeBENEDETTO, Appellant, v. The GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, Appellee. Deborah Samluk DRIER, Appellant, v. The GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Campsen, Jr., Charleston, S.C. (Fred Thompson, III, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for appellants.

Robert H. Hood, Charleston, S.C. (V. Claire Allen, Sincker Gibbs & Simons, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge, and MICHAEL, District Judge.

MICHAEL, District Judge:

Deborah Samluck Drier and Melissa E. DeBenedetto (by her guardian ad Litem, Frances DeBenedetto) appeal from the jury verdict in favor of the defendant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear) in these consolidated product liability cases. Appellants assert that the trial court committed three reversible errors in the conduct of the trial: (1) seating an eight-member jury, with seven of those jurors deliberating; (2) allowing the jurors...

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