Legal Opinion
Rowan County Board of Education v. United States Gypsum Co.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided July 2, 1991No. 9019SC663PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COZORT, Judge.
On 30 July 1985, plaintiff Rowan County Board of Education (Rowan) brought suit against defendant United States Gypsum Company (Gypsum). Rowan sought compensatory and punitive damages related to the removal from various schools of acoustical ceiling plaster containing asbestos. After a three-week trial the jury awarded Rowan $812,984.21 in compensatory damages and $1,000,000.00 in punitive damages, and the court entered judgment in those amounts. From that judgment and the trial court’s denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, Gypsum appealed. We find no…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- In Re the Appeal From the Civil PenaltySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
- Ragsdale v. KennedySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- Terry v. TerrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- Newton v. Standard Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- State v. MasonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Rowan County Board of Education v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
- United States Gypsum Co. v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1994
- Horne v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Rhone-Poulenc Agro, S.A. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- Rhône-Poulenc Agro S.A. v. Monsanto Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1999
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