Judge Throws Out $2 Million Non-Hodgkin's Verdict

RALEIGH, Miss. -- A judge that oversaw a $2 million verdict in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma case has granted a defense motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, opining that the testimony of Barry Levy, M.D. did not satisfy admissibility standards. Watts, et al. v. Radiator Specialty, et al., No. 2002-364 (Miss. Cir. Ct., Smith Cty.).

Judge Robert G. Evans of the Mississippi Circuit Court for Smith County entered a one-page memorandum indicating his decision on May 24 and an official order on June 9.

Judge Evans had filed the decision on May 12 under seal, saying at the time that …