Legal Opinion
Smith v. Ingersoll-Rand, Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2000No. 98-2340PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN C. PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.
Ingersoll-Rand Company appeals from a judgment entered following a jury verdict assessing a total of $27,268,661 in actual and punitive damages for injuries arising from an incident in which a machine manufactured by the company injured ap-pellee, Ron Smith. Ingersoll-Rand contends the district court erred on numerous grounds warranting reversal. We disagree and affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
At the center of this case is a large piece of construction equipment known as a milling machine. Used to remove pavement prior to resurfacing a road, this machine “chews” through…
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