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CITY OF GREENVILLE v. W.R. GRACE & CO.

Civ. A. No. 85-1693-3.

640 F.Supp. 559 (1986)

CITY OF GREENVILLE and Greenville Water System, Plaintiffs, v. W.R. GRACE & COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Greenville Division.

June 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Speights, Hampton, S.C., Terry Richardson, Edward J. Westbrook and Pete Kumala, BLATT & FALES, Charleston, S.C., for plaintiffs.

F. Barron Grier, III, Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia, S.C., Shepard M. Remis and Susan McQuay, Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar, Boston, Mass., for defendant.

AMENDED ORDER

GEORGE ROSS ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

On January 24, 1986, a jury awarded plaintiffs ("Greenville") $6.4 million actual damages and $2 million punitive damages in their suit to recover the cost of removing and replacing asbestos fireproofing in the City Hall. Defendant ("Grace") has moved for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict. It also seeks to interrogate the jury about certain media reports on asbestos during the trial...

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