In Re Joint Eastern & Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.

Plaintiffs move, pursuant to Rule 59 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for a new trial on the ground that the jury’s verdict was against the weight of the evidence. 1

The plaintiffs argue (1) that the jury concluded that defendants did not know or should not have known of the hazards of asbestos at the time of plaintiffs’ exposures from the late 1930’s to the 1960’s, and (2) that the evidence to the contrary was so compelling as to be overwhelming. Plaintiffs’ Memorandum in Support of Motion for New Trial (“Plaintiffs’ Mem.”) at…