Legal Opinion
Lynn Lowe v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1986No. 85-2428PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STROM, District Judge.
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (DuPont), manufacturer of the herbicide Lexone, appeals from an adverse jury verdict awarding damages to Lowe for lowered crop yield. This products liability action was originally tried to a jury in December, 1984. After return of a verdict for Lowe in the amount of $15,988, Lowe moved for a new trial. The district court sustained the motion, holding that the jury had improperly relied on evidence of crop yields from lands dissimilar to Lowe’s crop damaged land. After a second trial, a jury verdict in the amount of $53,040 was returned in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Howard R. Dewitt v. Byron L. Brown, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Lesueur Creamery, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. Haskon, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Hercules, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- Mike Garoogian D/B/A Atlas Truck & Equipment Company v. Gerald Medlock, J. E. Medlock and J. Medlock Produce, Inc., Intervenor-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- School District No. 11 A/K/A South Sioux City Schools, Dakota County, Nebraska v. Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Eugene Joseph Barnes, Jr. v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Brian Keenan, an Individual Resident of the State of Minnesota v. Computer Associates International, Inc., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Coy R. GROGAN and John Henson, Appellees, v. Frank J. GARNER, Jr., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Bobby R. Butler v. Darce French, D/B/A Darce French Trucking Company, and Don C. FrenchCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Howard v. Missouri Bone and Joint Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010
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