Lowell Hall Denise Hall v. General Motors Corporation

8 F.3d 27 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lowell HALL; Denise Hall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-36053. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 3, 1993. Decided Oct. 15, 1993. Before: TANG, POOLE, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 A jury found that a General Motors car parked in the plaintiffs' built-in garage started a fire that spread to the rest of their home. It awarded the plaintiffs $230,000 on a products liability theory. General Motors disputes the products liability theory applied in the case, contends the plaintiffs' experts gave speculative testimony, and challenges the district court's refusal to impose sanctions for alleged destruction of evidence. We now affirm. 3 One night in May 1987, the plaintiffs, Lowell and Denise Hall, discovered heavy black smoke coming from their garage. After gathering their children and leaving the home, they saw flames…