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BUTLER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

Civ. A. Nos. 3917, 3918, 3896, 3809.

143 F.Supp. 461 (1956)

Herbert BUTLER, James Wilmoll, Richard Martelli, Bruce Roys, William Shiland, Harold Frederickson, Bruno Kapner, Howard J. Greenslet, Anson W. Kipp and Alvah Webster, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. New York.

July 6, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Hughes, Albany, N. Y., for plaintiffs Herbert Butler, James Wilmoll, Richard Martelli, Bruce Roys, William Shiland, Harold Frederickson and Bruno Kapner.

John H. Spain, Troy, N. Y., for plaintiffs Anson W. Kipp and Alvah Webster.

Murphy, Aldrich, Guy, Broderick & Simon, Troy, N. Y., for plaintiff Howard J. Greenslet. Morris Simon, Troy, N. Y., of counsel.

Carter & Conboy, Albany, N. Y., for defendant M. J. Conboy, John W. Cebula, Albany, N. Y., of counsel.

FOLEY, District Judge.

These actions involving ten individual plaintiffs against the single corporate defendant were tried together before the court and jury. Verdicts totalling $350,000 were returned in favor of the plaintiffs, ranging from $2,500 for four of the plaintiffs to the sum of $200,000 for the plaintiff Greenslet. Motions made by the defendant corporation for dismissal and directed verdicts were reserved upon...

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