Following on the heels of Bob Kelly’s July 2013 win in a steel mill case in Louisiana, Mr. Kelly recently succeeded in defeating the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial in the same case. The plaintiff argued that the verdict sheet, which showed a damage finding exceeding $2.6 million but no liability as to Siemens, demonstrated juror confusion. The court denied the motion, following the defendant’s arguments demonstrating that the plaintiff had waived objections and that the verdict sheet accurately reflected the requirements of the Louisiana Product Liability Act. Mr. Kelly argued the motion on a brief written by Bryon Friedman, Christine Emery, and Siemens in-house counsel Skip Lockard and Eric Liebeler.
