Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Hospital Corp. of America v. Federal Trade Commission

481 U.S. 1038

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-05-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • affirming admission of post-injury documentary evidence for purposes of establishing that the defendant suppressed information regarding the dangers of asbestos
  • issues cannot be preserved in this court merely by being raised or by being developed inadequately
  • court allowed pretrial settlement payments to be setoff against punitive damages awarded for willful and wanton conduct because such conduct was not intended to be excluded from coverage under Tennessee’s Contribution Among Tortfea-sor’s Act
  • violation of Section 7 where acquisition increased market share of second largest firm from 14% to 26% and increased the market share of the four largest firms from 79% to 91%
  • implicitly recognizing that a finding of joint liability is a prerequisite to setoff

Citator

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.