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MORRILL v. BECTON, DICKINSON AND CO.

Nos. 83-1687, 83-1731.

747 F.2d 1217 (1984)

Vaughan MORRILL, Jr., Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Liman, New York City, for appellant/cross-appellee.

John J. Cole, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before McMILLIAN, BENNETT and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 14, 1984.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Becton, Dickinson & Co. (B-D), a New Jersey corporation, appeals from a final judgment entered against it in the district court1 in the amount of $3,000,000 actual damages and $20,000,000 punitive damages. Judgment was entered on jury verdicts in favor of Vaughan Morrill, Jr., an inventor and resident of Missouri, in his action for unpaid royalties...

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