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Alvin K. Phillips 9/25/00

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, a minor child v. General Motors Corp., United States District Court of Montana, Missoula Division (9/25/00)

After the federal court ruled serious sanctions would be imposed against GM for its conduct in discovery and found there was a prima facie case that GM's claims of privilege were vitiated by the crime-fraud exception, GM elected not to try the case. At defendant's request, the amount of settlement is confidential.

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