Legal Opinion
Potter v. Eli Lilly and Co.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 23, 1996No. 95-SC-580-MRPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which granted a Writ of Prohibition against Jefferson Circuit Judge John W. Potter from conducting a hearing to determine whether the judgment entered in the so-called Prozac case styled “Joyce Fentress, et al v. Eli Lilly and Company, Civil Action No. 90-CI-6033” was correct and reflects the truth.
The issue in this case is whether the trial judge can conduct a hearing to determine if the judgment rendered is true and correct.
The precise legal issue in this case arose after a jury had returned a verdict on December…
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- Ex Parte BurrSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
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