Phillips v. General Motors Corporation

307 F.3d 1206 Alvin K. PHILLIPS, as Personal Representative of the ESTATES OF Timothy BYRD, Darrell L. Byrd, and Angela Byrd, deceased, and as Guardian of Samuel Byrd, minor child, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, with Los Angeles Times, Intervenor-Appellee. No. 01-35126. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 6, 2002. Filed October 15, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED William E. Jones & Lucy T. France, Garlington Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, MO; Richard A. Cordray, Andrew B. Clubok & Eric R. Claeys, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellant. James H. Goetz, Goetz, Gallik, Baldwin & Dolan, P.C., Bozeman, MO; James E. Butler, Jr. & Peter J. Daughtery, Butler, Wooten, Overby, Pearson, Fryhofer & Daughtery, Columbus, GA, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Kelli L. Sager & Rochelle L. Wilcox, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Peter M. Meloy & Jennifer S. Hendricks, Meloy Law Firm, Helena, MO, for the intervenor-appellee. Lee Levine & Seth D. Berlin, Levine Sullivan & Koch, L.L.P., Washington, DC; David A. Schulz, Clifford Chance Rogers…