Dana Co., LLC v. Crawford, et al.; Zoom Performance Products v. Crawford, et al.
Annotate this CaseDefendants, Dana and Zoom, appealed from a Superior Court order denying their post-trial motions for judgment as a matter of law, or alternatively, for a new trial. A Superior Court jury found defendants partially liable for asbestos-related mesothelioma suffered by decedents. The trial court denied defendants' motions on the ground that the jury verdict was supported by sufficient evidence. Plaintiffs cross-appealed from the trial court's denial of their separate motions for additur or, alternatively, a new trial on damages. On the principal appeal by Dana and Zoom, the court affirmed the trial court's judgment on the basis of its well-reasoned opinion. On the cross-appeal by plaintiffs, the court found that the trial court committed legal error in ruling on plaintiffs' additur motion, and also that trial court erroneously failed to address a potentially determinative issue of Louisiana law. Therefore, the court reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings.
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