Legal Opinion
Julian P. Wammock v. Celotex Corporation, National Gypsum Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 26, 1986No. 85-8608PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a jury verdict rendered below in favor of the appel-lee/plaintiff Julian P. Wammock in the amount of $40,000 in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages. Appellant National Gypsum Company attacks that verdict as being based upon erroneous evidentiary rulings and a generally unfair trial atmosphere. Having reviewed the record, we find no basis for upsetting the jury’s verdict as to those two contentions. National Gypsum also challenges the punitive damages award as being based upon insufficient evidence. Because we perceive this…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Aubrey Hendrix v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- C. A. Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Arthur BarrettCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Benjamin H. Blackston, Wilmer L. Ring, John N. Turner, James N. Tanksley and Foster G. Hickox v. Shook and Fletcher Insulation Co., Ac & S, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. Carl Harold MyersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Luis James Valencia and Sergio AgueroCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- State v. MartinTennessee Supreme Court · 1998
- Alice Gong, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Ray F. Gong, Deceased v. Edward Hirsch, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,623 Julian P. Wammock v. Celotex Corporation, National Gypsum CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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