Zora H. Gillham v. The Admiral Corporation

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for judgment n. o. v. setting aside an award of punitive damages and attorneys’ fees in a products liability action brought to recover damages for injuries caused by a fire in a television set designed and manufactured by The Admiral Corporation (Admiral). Two issues are presented for review: (1) whether the district court erred in concluding that no reasonable person could have found that Admiral’s conduct in designing and marketing the television was intentional, reckless, wanton, willful or gross so as to justify the…