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MORAN v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

No. 81-3373.

691 F.2d 811 (1982)

Dolores M. MORAN, Executrix of the Estate of Edward P. Moran, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Mulligan, Michael A. Nims, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, Ohio, Lively M. Wilson, Stites, McElwain & Fowler, Louisville, Ky., for defendant-appellant.

Robert E. Sweeney, Thomas Terry, Sweeney, Mahon & Vlad, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARTIN, Circuit Judge, and PECK and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judges.

JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action, Johns-Manville Sales Corp. ("JM") appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff, and from the trial court's denial of JM's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV"), for a new trial, and for a remittitur. On appeal, JM attacks the sufficiency of the evidence at trial to support the jury's award of $350,000 in compensatory and $500,000 in punitive damages. JM also offers policy arguments against...

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