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ESTATE OF FRANKL v. GOODYEAR TIRE

862 A.2d 1148 (2003)

373 N.J. Super. 509

ESTATE OF Robert FRANKL, deceased, by Administratrix of the Estate, Lori Frankl, and Lori Frankl, Evie Frankl, Ashley Frankl, and Brian Frankl, Individually, and Estate of Karen Budian, deceased, by Administrator of the Estate, Gerolf O. Budian, and Gerolf O. Budian, Individually, Garry E. Sitze and Tommye Sitze, his wife, Plaintiffs, and Consumers for Automobile Reliability and Safety, Intervenor-Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER CO., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Respondent, and Hutchinson Industries, Inc., Hutchinson Corp., Hutchinson, S.A., General Motors Corporation, and Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided September 16, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly, McLaughlin & Foster, Plymouth Meeting, PA, and Roetzel & Andress, admitted pro hac vice, Cleveland, OH, for defendant-appellant, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Co. (Robert G. Kelly, Jr., Jonathan Eron, Plymouth Meeting, PA, Jeffrey Casto and George W. Rooney, Jr., Cleveland, OH, on the briefs).

Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, admitted pro hac vice, for intervenor/cross-appellant, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety (Christopher M. Placitella, Angelo J. Cifaldi, Robert T. Haefele, and Rebecca Epstein, on the briefs).

Before Judges CONLEY, CARCHMAN and WEISSBARD.

The opinion of the court is delivered by

CONLEY, P.J.A.D.

The appeal and cross-appeal presently before us arise from December 18, 2001, and July 10, 2002, orders granting cross-appellant Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety's (CARS) motion to intervene for the purpose of obtaining access to certain documents provided by appellant Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Goodyear) to plaintiffs during discovery in their products liability litigation. The orders...

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