SOWELL v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

No. 88-3044.

888 F.2d 802 (1989)

James SOWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, a Maine corporation, Robert A. Deschambault, an individual, K. Chavis General Contractors, Inc., J.B. Converse Company, Inc., Engineers, Defendants-Appellees, Sidney Jay Harrison, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Estess, Pensacola, Fla., Joel S. Perwin, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Donald H. Partington, Pensacola, Fla., for American Cyanamid Co.

Edmund D. Quintana, Panama City, Fla., for J.D. Converse Co., Inc.

S. William Fuller, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., William H. Clark, Pensacola, Fla., for K. Chavis General Contractors, Inc.

Sidney Jay Harrison, Cantonment, Fla., pro se.

Richard A. Olderman, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for intervenor.

Before FAY, Circuit Judge, RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ALLEN, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied December 29, 1989.

ALLEN, Senior District Judge.

In this product liability and negligence suit, plaintiff Sowell is appealing the judgment notwithstanding the verdict entered by the trial court for American Cyanamid Company and J.B. Converse Company, Inc., which set aside a jury verdict of $1,200,000.00 for the plaintiff.

Plaintiff was an employee of the Public Works Department at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola...

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