Legal Opinion
O'NEILL v. Yield House Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 19, 1995No. 91 CV 2051PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PARKER, District Judge.
This products liability action was tried before a jury between November 10 and November 22, 1994. The action is now before the court upon plaintiffs motion for a new trial pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 59 on the issue of compensatory damages and upon defendant’s cross motion pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) for judgment as a matter of law on plaintiffs punitive damages claim. For the reasons set forth below, both motions are denied.
I. FACTS
Plaintiff John O’Neill, who is 68 years old, suffered a fracture of the tibial plateau on May 19, 1990 when a…
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