Jury Instructions.

Byline: Derek Hawkins

7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Antrim Pharmaceuticals LLC, v. Bio-Pharm, Inc.,

Case No.: 18-3434

Officials: BAUER, BRENNAN, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Jury Instructions

Antrim Pharmaceuticals LLC and Bio-Pharm, Inc. arranged to manufacture and sell a generic anti-depressant. When their plan fell apart, litigation followed. Antrim sued Bio-Pharm for breach of contract, and Bio-Pharm counterclaimed based on promissory estoppel or, in the alternative, breach of contract. Following a five-day trial, a jury found for Bio-Pharm on Antrim's breach of contract claim and for Antrim on Bio-Pharm's counterclaim. Neither party was awarded damages. Antrim appealed.

Antrim challenges the district court's jury instructions, evidentiary rulings, and decision to allow Bio-Pharm to request lost profits as a remedy on its counterclaim. Bio-Pharm argues Antrim waived these arguments on appeal because Antrim...