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SMITH v. INGERSOLL-RAND CO.

No. 98-2340.

214 F.3d 1235 (2000)

Ron SMITH and Lucy Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Kobayashi (Bennett L. Cohen, The Kobayashi Law Firm, P.C., Denver, Colorado; and Barry Ostrager, Mary Beth Forshaw, and Daniel H. Tabak, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York, New York, with him on the briefs), The Kobayashi Law Firm, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Esteban A. Aguilar (James A. Branch, Jr. and Michael B. Browde, Albuquerque, New Mexico, with him on the brief), Aguilar Law Offices, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before HENRY and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges, and WEINSHIENK, District Judge.

JOHN C. PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.

Ingersoll-Rand Company appeals from a judgment entered following a jury verdict assessing a total of $27,268,661 in actual and punitive damages for injuries arising from an incident in which a machine manufactured by the company injured appellee, Ron Smith. Ingersoll-Rand contends the district court erred on numerous grounds warranting reversal. We disagree and affirm.

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