SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
After a severely contested four day trial in a case arising out of John Oakes's prolonged exposure to asbestos products manufactured by the defendants-appellees, the jury returned verdicts of $2,500,000 for Mr. Oakes and $175,000 in his wife's derivative action. It also assessed his comparative negligence, presumably based on his cigarette smoking, at twenty per cent. Upon post-trial motions, the trial judge ordered a remittitur of $1,140,000...
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