Legal Opinion
Campus Sweater & Sportswear Co. v. M. B. Kahn Construction Co.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided September 28, 1979No. Civ. A. 76-0292-5PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
This court has before it for decision the motions of defendant Celotex Corporation (“Celotex”) for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (n. o. v.) or, in the alternative, for an order for a new trial. The motions arise out of a “products liability” action brought by plaintiff which alleged, among other causes of action, fraud and gross negligence on the part of Celotex in marketing commercial roofing materials. After 12 days of testimony, a jury awarded Campus Sweater and Sportswear Company (“Campus”) $208,000.00 in actual damages and $500,000.00 in punitive…
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