Legal Opinion
Dolores M. Moran, of the Estate of Edward P. Moran, Deceased v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1982No. 81-3373PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action, Johns-Manville Sales Corp. (“JM”) appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff, and from the trial court’s denial of JM’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”), for a new trial, and for a remittitur. On appeal, JM attacks the sufficiency of the evidence at trial to support the jury’s award of $350,000 in compensatory and $500,000 in punitive damages. JM also offers policy arguments against any award of punitive damages in this case.
Edward Moran, the plaintiff’s deceased, worked for over thirty years installing…
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3Cited by82 opinions
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