HALE v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

Nos. 83-2406, 83-2407.

756 F.2d 1322 (1985)

Larry HALE and Linda Hale, Appellees, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Appellant. The Budd Company. Larry HALE and Linda Hale, Appellees, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, The Budd Company, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sanders, Kansas City, Mo., for Firestone.

Thomas J. Wheatley, Kansas City, Mo., for Budd.

John Risjord, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before ROSS, BENNETT and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (Firestone) and the Budd Co. (Budd) appeal1 from a final judgment entered in the District Court for the Western District of Missouri upon a jury verdict in a products liability action brought by appellees Larry Hale and his wife, Linda Hale. Appellees were awarded $4,290,000 in actual and punitive damages from Firestone and Budd. For reversal Firestone and Budd argue that the...

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