Legal Opinion
McKnight ex rel. Ludwig v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1994No. 93-1239PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI), appeals from the district court’s order denying its motion for judgment as a matter of law or new trial after a jury returned a $1.2 million verdict for McKnight in this battery explosion case. JCI argues that it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law because the only evidence to support the verdict should not have been admitted by the district court. JCI asserts that the district court erred in admitting: experimental evidence not generated under conditions substantially similar to the accident conditions; the testimony and test…
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