Legal Opinion
Defender Industries, Inc. v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided December 15, 1989No. Civ. A. 3:88-3231-16PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HENDERSON, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the post-trial motions of the defendant, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Northwestern”), and the plaintiff, Defender Industries, Inc. (“Defender”). Northwestern moves for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, for a new trial or for a remittitur. Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b). Defender moves the Court to amend the judgment to add prejudgment interest. For the reasons set forth below, the Court sets aside the punitive damages award and modifies it, grants the plaintiff’s motion for prejudgment interest on the actual damages…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Defender Industries, Incorporated, and Kathyrn G. Inabinet v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Defender Industries, Incorporated, and Kathryn G. Inabinet v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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