PHILLIPS v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. CV98-168MDWM, CV98-169MDWM, CV98-170MDWM, CV98-171MDWM.

126 F.Supp.2d 1328 (2001)

Alvin K. PHILLIPS, as Personal Representative of the Estates of Timothy Byrd, Darrell L. Byrd, and Angela Byrd, deceased, and as Guardian of Samuel Byrd, minor child, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

January 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Goetz, Robert K. Baldwin, Goetz Gallik Baldwin & Dolan, Bozeman, MT, James E. Butler, Jr., Peter J. Daughtery, Butler Wooten Overby Fryhofer, Daughtery & Sullivan, Columbus, GA, Christopher P. Christian, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, for Alvin K. Phillips, Timothy Byrd, deceased, Angela Byrd, deceased, Darrell L. Byrd, deceased, Samuel Byrd, plaintiffs.

Robert B. Ellis, Walter R. Lancaster, John T. Hickey, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, William Evan Jones, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, MT, for General Motors Corporation, defendants.


ORDER

MOLLOY, District Judge.

I. Introduction

The interesting question presented in this case is whether a defendant is entitled to keep secrets after a product liability case against it is settled. The narrow issue raised goes to the judicial role in sanctioning secrecy when the information a party seeks to keep quiet does not fall within the four corners of Rule 26(c) or a stipulated protective order. The essential purposes of tort law, that...

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