WHITE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 99-15185.

312 F.3d 998 (2002)

Ginny V. WHITE; Jimmie D. White, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Orscheln Company, a Missouri corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, New York, NY, Evan M. Tager and Miriam R. Nemetz (briefed), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, DC, and W. Chris Wicker (briefed), Woodburn & Wedge, Reno, NV, for the appellant.

Shanin Specter (argued), Kline & Specter, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Don Nomura, Laxalt & Nomura, LTD., Reno, NV, for the appellees.

Before WOOD, KLEINFELD, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge Kleinfeld; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Graber.

OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This decision addresses several issues, the most important of which relate to punitive damages.2

Facts

This case went to jury trial, but on the critical factual points, there is not much dispute. Where there is, the facts are of course...

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