Ricky Hughes, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. General Motors Corporation

35 F.3d 571 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ricky HUGHES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-15174, 93-15298. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 9, 1994. Submission Vacated May 16, 1994. Resubmitted June 17, 1994. Decided Sept. 8, 1994. 1 Before: POOLE and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and TAKASUGI, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 General Motors appeals from an adverse jury verdict in a diversity action brought by Ricky Hughes. Hughes, who was rendered quadriplegic in a rollover accident while driving a G.M. pickup truck, alleged that the truck was defective in design and that the company was negligent in designing it. The jury found G.M. liable on both theories and found that Hughes had suffered $11,847,389.13 in damages. It reduced this award by 40% to account for Hughes's comparative fault.…