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BURKE v. DEERE & CO.

No. 92-1990.

6 F.3d 497 (1993)

Clair W. BURKE, Appellee, v. DEERE & COMPANY, a/k/a John Deere Company, a Delaware Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied September 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Sapp, Des Moines, IA, argued (Richard J. Sapp, W. Don Brittin, Jr., Des Moines, IA, and Tim Harrington, Moline, IL, on the brief), for appellant.

Kirk T. May, Kansas City, MO, argued (Kirk T. May and Brant M. Laue, Kansas City, MO, Randy Shanks, Council Bluffs, IA, and Jefferson D. Sellers and Jack B. Sellers, Sapalpa, OK, on the briefs), for appellee.

Bonnie J. Campbell and Craig Kelinson, Des Moines, IA, and Richard E. Mull, Ames, IA, on the brief, for amicus curiae State of Iowa ex rel. Civil Reparations Trust Fund.

Before MAGILL, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied September 22, 1993.

AMENDED

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability case tried in federal court under diversity jurisdiction. The jury awarded plaintiff, Clair W. Burke, $650,000 for compensatory damages, and $50,000,000 for punitive damages. The compensatory damages were reduced to $390,000 under a finding of comparative fault and the punitive damages were reduced to $28,000,000 through...

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