BRADLEY v. AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD INC.

No. 03-2341.

378 F.3d 373 (2004)

Dale W. BRADLEY, individually and as Guardian and Next Friend of their minor children; Tammy L. Bradley, individually and as Guardian and Next Friend of their minor children; JLB and JDB, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD, INCORPORATED, formerly known as Sunbeam Corporation; Stephen T. Moffett, Esq., Defendants-Appellants, and R. Scott Long; Barbara A. Allen; Thomas L. Vitu; John E. Hall, Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Walter Estes Dellinger, III, O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, DC; Paul Mogin, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Appellants. William J. Hansen, McDermott, Hansen & McLaughlin, Denver, CO, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Pamela Harris, Jessica Davidson Miller, Shannon Pazur, O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellant Moffett. Robert B. Barnett, Williams & Connolly, L.L.P., Washington, DC; John E. Hall, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Appellant American Household, Inc., George E. McLaughlin, McDermott, Hansen & McLaughlin, Denver, CO, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge MICHAEL joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Dale and Tammy Bradley sued Sunbeam in this products liability action, claiming that their house had caught fire as a result of a defective Sunbeam electric blanket. During discovery, the Bradleys requested access to all returned electric blankets then in Sunbeam's possession, and the district...

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