VAN ETTEN v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

No. Civ.A. CV298069.

117 F.Supp.2d 1375 (2000)

Michael D. VAN ETTEN and Kim Van Etten, as parents of Daniel Paul Van Etten and Michael D. Vane Etten and Kim Van Etten, as co-administrators of the estate of Daniel Paul Van Etten, Plaintiffs, v. BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., and Ford Motor Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Brunswick Division.

September 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Franklin, Daniel B. Snipes, Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing & Brogdon, PC, Statesboro, GA, Wallace M. Brogdon, Jr., Statesboro, GA, for Michael D. Van Etten, as parent of Daniel Paul Van Etten and as co-administrator of the estate of Daniel Paul Van Etten, plaintiff.

Jerome L. Kaplan, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP, Macon, GA, Roger A. Chalmers, Robert L. Rothman, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Chicago Tribune Company, intervenor-plaintiff.

Lisa Godbey Wood, Gilbert, Harrell, Gilbert, Sumerford & Martin, PC, Brunswick, GA, Kenneth J. Moran, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, VA, Alfred B. Adams, III, Caroline Johnson Tanner, Holland & Knight, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., defendant.

Arnold C. Young, Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, GA, Earl W. Gunn, Christopher J. Graddock, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLP, Atlanta, GA, D. Alan Thomas, Huie, Fernambuco & Stewart, Birmingham, AL, Paul F. Hultin, Michael L. O'Donnell, Lee Allen Mickus, Wheeler, Trigg & Kennedy, Denver, CO, Charles K. Reed, Cabaniss, McDonald, Smith & Wiggins, Atlanta, GA, for Ford Motor Company, Inc., defendant.

J. Thomas Whelchel, Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, GA, Kevin T. Baine, Mary-Rose Papandrea, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, for The Washington Post Company, movant.

Jerome L. Kaplan, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP, Macon, GA, Robert L. Rothman, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, dba, Los Angeles Times, movant.


ORDER

ALAIMO, District Judge.

The consolidated intervention motions of the Chicago Tribune Co., Washington Post Co., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., and Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC (the "Media Intervenors"), raise important issues regarding the public's right of access to court records filed in the context of a civil case. Specifically, the Media Intervenors seek permissive intervention in the case at bar pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases