Consorti v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

After twenty-five days of trial, the jury awarded plaintiff John Consorti (“Consorti”) $12 million for pain and suffering. Defendant Owens Corning Fiberglas Corporation (“OCF”) now moves for a new trial or a remittitur reducing Consorti’s pain and suffering to an amount no greater than $3.5 million. Although the motion for a new trial or, in the alternative, a remittitur had been previously denied, revisitation of the issue in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc., 518 U.S. 415, 116 S.Ct. 2211, 135 L.Ed.2d…