ALMY v. U.S. SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.


600 A.2d 400 (1991)

Philip ALMY et al. v. U.S. SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Kuzma, Swartz & Swartz, Boston, Mass., Mark Dunlap, Norman, Hanson & Detroy, Portland, for plaintiffs.

Thomas E. Getchell, John S. Whitman, Richardson & Troubh, Richard D. Hewes, Hewes, Douglas, Whiting & Quinn, Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and COLLINS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This products liability action is before us on an interlocutory appeal from a pretrial order of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Delahanty, C.J.) denying defendants' motion for the trial to be bifurcated on the issues of liability and damages. We hold that such an in limine order governing the conduct of the upcoming trial does not fall within any exception to the final judgment rule.

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