Bassett Furniture Industries of North Carolina, Inc., D/B/A Bassett Furniture Industries of Georgia, Cross-Appellee v. Nvf Company, Cross-Appellant

VAN PELT, District Judge:

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a jury verdict finding NVF Company 55% negligent in the manufacture of a substitute veneer substance known as Yorkite 1 and Bassett Furniture Company of Macon, Georgia, 45% negligent in the use of the product. The jury awarded $1,204.16 in damages to Bassett Furniture Industries, which the trial judge, without request or briefing by the parties, increased to $6,622.90 upon Order finding that the “undisputed” damages in the case amounted to $12,041.63 and that the award should be decreased by plaintiff’s 45% negligence. NVF had…