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RICHARDS v. MICHELIN TIRE CORP.

No. 92-6547.

21 F.3d 1048 (1994)

John RICHARDS, as Conservator, etc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHELIN TIRE CORP., Defendant-Appellant, The Budd Company; Ford Motor Co., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade B. Perry, Mobile, AL, Daryll Love, Robert P. Monyak, Allen Willingham, Love & Willingham, Atlanta, GA, Eric H. Holtzman, Law Office of Eric H. Holtzman, Hauppauge, NY, for appellant.

Andrew T. Citrin, James A. Yance, Michael A. Worel, Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, Mobile, AL, for appellee.

Malcolm E. Wheeler, Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, P.C., Denver, CO, amicus.

Before BLACK, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellee John Richards, as conservator and guardian of the estate of Leonard Richards,1 brought this action against Michelin Tire Corporation ("Appellant") for injuries sustained from the explosion of a 16-inch Michelin tire that Richards was attempting to mount onto a 16.5-inch rim. A jury awarded $161,475 in compensatory damages and $5,000,000 in punitive damages. Appellant appeals the district...

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