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GEARHART v. UNIDEN CORP. OF AMERICA

No. 85-1091.

781 F.2d 147 (1986)

Will GEARHART, M.D., Appellee, v. UNIDEN CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Girard E. Boudreau, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Steven G. Schumaier, Clayton, Mo., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

In this products-liability case, the Uniden Corporation of America ("Uniden") appeals from a jury verdict of $25,000 in compensatory and $125,000 in punitive damages awarded to Dr. Wilbur H. Gearhart, who alleged that he sustained permanent hearing damage when he picked up and held to his ear a ringing cordless telephone distributed by the defendant.

Uniden argues that in light of the Missouri Supreme Court's adoption of comparative...

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