· 5/13/1985
Adams Laboratories, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Jacobs Engineering Co., Inc., Cross-Appellee
Citations
- 761 F.2d 1218
How courts have described this case
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- holding reference to the comparative size and financial wealth of the parties was improper
- remanding case for new trial due to the cumulative effect of misconduct of attorney for the prevailing party
- “references to the relative wealth of the defendants in contrast to the relative poverty of the plaintiffs” are improper
- counsel's reference to chemical plant's bankruptcy, which was in direct contravention of ruling in limine, along with other errors constituted prejudicial error which entitled party to new trial
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Judges: Bauer, Eschbach, Coffey
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