CHRYSLER CORP. v. MAKOVEC

No. 90-551.

596 A.2d 1284 (1991)

CHRYSLER CORPORATION v. Debra MAKOVEC, Administratrix of the Estate of Donald E. Makovec.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Quinn and Michael J. Gannon of Pierson, Wadhams, Quinn & Yates, Burlington, for petitioner.

Robert A. Bloomer of Bloomer & Bloomer, P.C., Rutland, and Phyllis R. McCoy of Hull, Webber, Reis & Canney, Rutland, for respondent.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY and JOHNSON, JJ.


DOOLEY, Justice.

Defendant Chrysler Corporation seeks extraordinary relief from the Rutland Superior Court's refusal to close discovery and grant summary judgment in two product liability actions that have been pending for over five years. We grant the petition in part.

Both actions arise out of a two-car collision on June 10, 1983, in which plaintiff's husband, the operator of one of the vehicles, was killed. The police report concluded that the decedent...

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