Mount Airy Lodge, Inc. v. Upjohn Co.

MEMORANDUM

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

On October 28, 1982, after a long trial, I committed this diversity products-liability case to the nine-person jury. I instructed the jury on three theories of liability: negligence, strict liability, and misrepresentation. In addition, I gave the jury thirteen special interrogatories which I explained in my charge and upon which I elaborated in a covering memorandum.

After brief deliberations on October 28, the jury recessed until the following morning. In the course of that day, the jury asked two questions; I responded to them in court with counsel…