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SWAJIAN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 90-1031.

916 F.2d 31 (1990)

Gregory SWAJIAN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald C. DeMaria, with whom Robert J. Quigley, Jr., Linda E. Buffardi, and Higgins, Cavanagh and Cooney, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Mark S. Mandell, with whom Susan M. Carlin, and Mandell, Goodman, Famiglietti, Schwartz, Carlin & DeLuca, Ltd., Providence, R.I., were on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

General Motors Corporation ("GMC") appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff-appellee, Gregory Swajian, following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. For reasons stated below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 5, 1986, Maureen Swajian, wife of appellee, was driving her 1986...

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