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BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES OF N. C. v. NVF CO.

No. 76-1312.

576 F.2d 1084 (1978)

BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., d/b/a Bassett Furniture Industries of Georgia, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. NVF COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin M. Garland, F. Kennedy Hall, Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

George C. Grant, Macon, Ga., for defendant-appellee cross-appellant.

Before WISDOM and GEE, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, District Judge.

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 Yorkite1 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...

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