Richard William Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Intervenor

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This is the second appeal arising from a jury verdict secured by appellant Gor-salitz for permanent injuries incurred by reason of Olin’s negligence. The original verdict was for $1,380,000. The District Court required a remittitur of all amounts in excess of $690,633, and both parties appealed. This court affirmed on liability. 1 As to damages, we held that the District Judge could properly find that some part of the verdict resulted from undue sympathy on the part of the jury and that, therefore, he did not err in conditionally requiring some remittitur, but that in…