Curry v. American Enka, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

The plaintiff Mr. Curry claims that he sustained burns of his hands from the proximate negligence of the defendant. He moved the Court, in the nature of a motion in limine, “ * * * to allow each member of the jury to touch * * * [his] * * hands in order that they may feel 1 the hardness * * * ” thereof. The defendant made no timely response to such application, local Rule 12(b), and its opposition thereto is deemed waived, local Rule 11(f).

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