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EXXON CORP. v. AMOCO OIL CO.

Nos. 88-1729, 88-1730.

875 F.2d 1085 (1989)

EXXON CORPORATION Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, a Maryland Corporation; Abraham Goldberg; Charles Goldberg; Marvin Goldberg; George Walter Defendants-Appellees. EXXON CORPORATION Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, a Maryland Corporation; Abraham Goldberg; Charles Goldberg; Marvin Goldberg; George Walter Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Earl Griffith, Jr. (Lewis A. Noonberg, Linda L. Richardson, Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, Md., Richard P. Delaney, Exxon Corp., U.S.A., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Louis G. Close, Jr. (J. Norris Byrnes, Ann MacNeille, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, David L. Pippenger, Amoco Oil Co., Baltimore, Md., on brief), John J. Nagle, III (Power & Mosner, Towson, Md., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before HALL, PHILLIPS, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Exxon Corporation appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict which found Amoco Oil Company guilty of negligence but awarded Exxon no damages. Amoco cross-appeals. We remand for entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("j.n. o.v.") in favor of Amoco.

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