United States Sixth Circuit

A jury verdict in favor of plaintiff's tort and contract claims is affirmed over defendant's challenges that the district court erred in 1) denying its motions for judgment as a matter of law, and 2) dividing the trial into three phases.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/21/2004
• Decided 09/01/2004
• Published 09/01/2004

Judges

• Before: SUHRHEINRICH and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  LAWSON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey S. Creamer, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Toledo, OH, James E. Burke, III (argued and briefed), Steven C. Coffaro (briefed), Keating, Muething & Klekamp, Cincinnati, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Walter J. Rekstis, III, James D. Thomas (argued and briefed), Harris A. Senturia (briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, Andrew L. Frey (briefed), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, New York, NY, Robert L. Bronston (briefed), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington DC, Karen P. Scarr (briefed), Dorian Daley (briefed), Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, CA, for Defendants-Appellants.