SARDIS v. OVERHEAD DOOR CORP.

No. 20-1411.

10 F.4th 268 (2021)

Andrea SARDIS, as Administrator of the Estate of Evangelos Sardis, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Sarah Virginia Bondurant Price , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. L. Steven Emmert , SYKES, BOURDON, AHERN & LEVY, PC, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael W. Stark , MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Richmond, Virginia; Martin A. Conn , Matthew J. Hundley , Lisa M. McMurdo , MORAN REEVES & CONN PC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Peter C. Grenier , GRENIER LAW GROUP PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Andrew G. Slutkin , Ethan Nochumowitz , SILVERMAN THOMPSON SLUTKIN & WHITE, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Robert L. Wise , Jason R. Hodge , Richmond, Virginia, Susan E. Burnett , BOWMAN AND BROOKE LLP, Austin, Texas, for Amicus Curiae.

Reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Diaz joined.


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