Legal Opinion
Inter Medical Supplies, Ltd. v. EBI Medical Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 28, 1999No. 98-5158UnknownCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
Following a lengthy trial, a jury found for plaintiff companies on all of the breach of contract and tort claims submitted to it and it returned a verdict of $48 million in compensatory damages and more than $100 million in punitive damages. The District Court denied the defendants’ motions for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial but granted a remittitur reducing the award of punitive damages to $50 million. Inter Med. Supplies, Ltd. v. EBI Med. Sys., Inc., 975 F.Supp. 681, 685 (D.N.J.1997). On appeal, defendants focus on certain of the…
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