BEHRENDT v. GAF CORP.

No. 3431-S-1991.

19 Pa. D. & C. 4th 264 (1993)

Behrendt v. GAF Corp.

Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

July 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Poland, Jr., for plaintiff.

W. Matthew Reber and Barbara J. Buba, for defendants GAF, National Gypsum and United States Gypsum.


DOWLING, J., July 7, 1993.

This case revolves around the issue of whether a jury award, which was unconscionably low, can be accepted as a "compromise verdict."

An odd term — compromise verdict — somewhat oxymoronic in that jurors are not settlers or compromisers, but fact finders and law followers. To speak of a jury compromise is akin to referring to a mandatory option or asking for...

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