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SIMMONS v. ATLAS VAC MACH. CO.

No. 78-C-642.

475 F.Supp. 1181 (1979)

Juanita SIMMONS, Plaintiff, v. ATLAS VAC MACHINE COMPANY and American Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. MYRO, INC., a Domestic Corporation, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

September 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjan R. Kmiec, Richard A. Sachs Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff.

Frank A. Scherkenbach, Robert C. Burrell, Terry E. Johnson, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants and third party plaintiffs.

D. M. Quale, Milwaukee, Wis., for third party defendant.

DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

This is a diversity action based on claims in strict liability and negligence, in which action the plaintiff alleges that a machine manufactured by the defendant Atlas Vac Machine Co. and used by her employer caused severe and permanent injury to her left hand. She claims compensatory damages in the amount of $250,000 and punitive damages of $1,000,000. Defendants have moved to strike the claim for punitive damages...

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