Anderson v. Nissei ASB MacH. Co., Ltd.

OPINION

BERCH, Judge.

¶ 1 In this products liability case, the jury found Nissei ASB Machine Company and Nissei ASB Company (“Nissei”) liable for manufacturing a defective machine that caused Patrick Anderson to lose his right arm, and awarded $3,250,000 in damages. Following trial, however, the trial court granted Nissei’s motion for judgment as a matter of law (“jmol”).1 On appeal, Anderson seeks to have the trial court’s grant of the jmol reversed and the jury’s verdict reinstated. Nissei has cross-appealed, seeking a new trial if the jmol is set aside. For the reasons that follow, we re*171verse…