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prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,422 Harry Plummer, Cross-Appellant v. Lederle Laboratories, Division of American Cyanamid Company, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 19, 1987No. 692, 1366, Dockets 86-7768, 86-7798PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TENNEY, District Judge.
This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Sprizzo, Judge, entered upon inter rogatory answers following two jury trials. The first trial commenced on October 1, 1984, and at the conclusion thereof the jury answered special interrogatories and returned a general verdict for plaintiff Harry Plummer of $3.2 million. The district court reserved decision on the motion of defendant Lederle Laboratories (“Lederle”) to set aside the verdict, and ordered a second trial limited to the issue…
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