Legal Opinion
Betty BURLISON, Appellant, v. WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1988No. 87-1217PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Betty Burlison appeals from the judgment entered against her on her claim against Warner-Lambert based on an ana-phylactic reaction allegedly caused by its product, Hall’s mentholyptus cough tablets. While the jury was deliberating, it requested further explanation of one instruction, but returned a verdict in favor of the defendant before the inquiry was answered. In ruling on Burlison’s motion for a new trial, the district court 1 determined that the instruction was erroneous, but that such error was harmless because a directed verdict should have been granted…
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