![]() Oral argument on defendant's motion was heard April 17, 1991. Plaintiffs were given thirty days to respond to defendant's supplemental brief. The case was reassigned to this court April 12, 1990.Īfter a status conference June 26, 1990, the court ordered defendant to file a complete trial transcript and to file a supplemental brief discussing the applicability of Fed.R.Civ.P. Before reaching a decision on this motion, Judge Freeman died. ![]() Plaintiffs filed their response to defendant's motion Decemand defendant filed a reply January 4, 1990. 50(b) or, in the alternative, for new trial. Subsequently, on November 16, 1989, defendant JJP filed a timely motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. Freeman entered a judgment for plaintiff Frank Ferlito in the amount of $555,000 and for plaintiff Susan Ferlito in the amount of $70,000. Ferlito's body.įollowing a jury verdict entered for plaintiffs November 2, 1989, the Honorable Ralph M. Plaintiffs sued defendant for injuries they suffered from burns which covered approximately one-third of Mr. The flame passed close to his left arm, and the cotton batting on his left sleeve ignited. Ferlito attempted to light his cigarette by using a butane lighter. Ferlito from his head to his ankles, except for his face and hands, which were blackened with Halloween paint. She had also used defendant's product to fashion a headpiece, complete with ears. Ferlito had constructed a lamb costume for her husband by gluing cotton batting manufactured by defendant Johnson & Johnson Products ("JJP") to a suit of long underwear. ![]() Plaintiffs Susan and Frank Ferlito, husband and wife, attended a Halloween party in 1984 dressed as Mary (Mrs. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT Cullin, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, VanDusen & Freeman, Detroit, Mich., for defendant. Berger, Milan, Miller, Berger, Brody & Miller, P.C., Detroit, Mich., Kenneth A. JOHNSON & JOHNSON PRODUCTS, INC., a New Jersey corporation, Defendant. FERLITO and Susan Ferlito, individually and as Next Friend for Jennifer Ferlito, Joseph Ferlito and Frank John Ferlito, II, Plaintiffs,
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