Legal Opinion
Kerwit Medical Products, Inc. v. N. & H. Instruments, Inc. (Humanetics, Inc.)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1980No. 78-3830PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a motion of Humanetics, Inc., filed under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b), seeking to vacate a consent judgment entered in 1971. The district court denied the motion. The appellee, Kerwit Medical Products, Inc., argues that the denial of the Rule 60(b) motion is not yet appealable. We reject that argument but agree with Kerwit that the district court was correct in denying the motion.
In 1970, Kerwit Medical Products, Inc., sued Humanetics, Inc., 1 alleging infringe ment of Kerwit’s patented hospital bed. 2 Humanetics filed an answer and counterclaim, alleging…
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