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OXENDINE v. MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 83-1055.

506 A.2d 1100 (1986)

Mary Virginia OXENDINE, Appellant, v. MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 25, 1986.

As amended June 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry J. Nace, with whom Thomas H. Tate, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

Sidney G. Leech, with whom Daniel W. Whitney, Baltimore, Md., and Mark L. Austrian, were on brief, for appellee.

Jeffrey Robert White, Washington, D.C., David S. Shrager, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert Cadeaux, and Jacob A. Stein, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for amici curiae, Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America and Ass'n of Plaintiffs' Trial Attys. of Metropolitan Washington.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, TERRY, Associate Judge, and PAIR, Senior Judge.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

In this product liability case, appellant seeks reversal of an order of the trial court setting aside a jury verdict in her favor. She contends that there was sufficient evidence to send the case to the jury, and that the court therefore erred in entering a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. In addition, she argues that the court abused its discretion by ordering a new trial in the alternative because the verdict was not against the great...

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