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LIGHTNING LUBE, INC. v. WITCO CORP.

Civ. A. No. 87-3243 (WGB).

802 F.Supp. 1180 (1992)

LIGHTNING LUBE, INC., etc., Plaintiff, and Counterclaim Defendant, v. WITCO CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Counter-claimants and Third-party Plaintiffs, v. Ralph VENUTO, et al., Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

September 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Kramer & Associates by Jeffrey Nowak, Blackwood, N.J., Steven M. Kramer & Associates by Steven M. Kramer, New York City, for plaintiff.

Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecci & Stewart by John Gilfillan, Brendan T. Byrne, Roseland, N.J., Cravath, Swaine & Moore by Ronald Rolfe, New York City, for defendants.

OPINION

BASSLER, District Judge:

On May 1, 1992, a jury returned a verdict against the defendant Witco Corporation ("Witco") in favor of the plaintiff Lightning Lube, Inc. ("Lube") for $11.5 million dollars in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages. Witco renews its motion for judgment as a matter of law and in the alternative moves for a new trial.

For the following reasons, Witco's motions shall be granted in part and denied in...

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