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沃斯勒诉理查兹制造有限公司（1983）143 Cal.App.3d 952 [192 Cal.Rptr的。 219] 219] Vossler v. Richards Manufacturing Co. (1983) 143 Cal.App.3d 952 , 192 Cal.Rptr.沃斯勒诉理查兹制造有限公司（1983）952 143 Cal.App.3d，192 Cal.Rptr。 219 219 [Civ. [文明。 No. 6436.第6436号。 Court of Appeals of California, Fifth Appellate District.加州第五上诉区上诉法院。 June 15, 1983.] 1983年6月15日] NELLIE VOSSLER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellant.俐俐沃斯勒，原告与答辩人，诉Richards制造公司，公司，被告，上诉人。 (Opinion by Andreen, J., with Zenovich, Acting PJ, and Hamlin, J., concurring.) （由代理PJ Zenovich，哈姆林，J.，，J.，烈恩的意见同意。） COUNSEL法律顾问 Tuttle Taylor, C. Stephen Howard, Jeffrey M. Hamerling and Alan D. Smith for Defendant and Appellant.杰弗里·塔特尔＆泰勒，斯蒂芬·霍华德Hamerling和Alan D.史密斯被告上诉人。 Richard R. Clifford and Arthur E. Schwimmer for Plaintiff and Respondent.理查德·克利福德和亚瑟E.施维默原告与答辩人。 OPINION意见之 ANDREEN, J.烈恩，J. [1] Defendant Richards Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Richards) appeals from a judgment following jury trial in a products liability case. fn. [1]被告理查兹制造公司，公司（理查兹）在产品责任案件的陪审团审判后的判决提出上诉。 FN 1 No attack is made on the sufficiency of evidence except as to the matter of punitive damages. 1没有攻击证据是否充分，除惩罚性赔偿的问题。 The judgment was for compensatory damages of $25,000 and punitive damages of $500,000.该判决为25,000美元和50万美元的惩罚性损害赔偿的补偿性赔偿金。 We affirm.我们确认。 Facts事实 We state the record in a light most favorable to the judgment.我们声明记录在光最有利的判决。 (Neal v. Farmers Ins. Exchange (1978) （尼尔诉农民文件。交易所（1978） 21 Cal.3d 910 , 922 [148 Cal.Rptr. 21 Cal.3d 910，922 [148 Cal.Rptr。 389, 582 P.2d 980].) 389，582 P.2d 980]）。 In the period from 1970 through 1972, Dr. Leonard Marmor, an orthopedic surgeon working with the defendant corporation, developed a prosthetic device known as the Marmor Modular Knee, which permitted treatment of certain diseases of the knee by inserting specially crafted pieces of metal and plastic onto the surfaces of the bones that make up the knee joint.伦纳德·马莫博士，整形外科医生与被告公司工作，从1970年至1972年期间，开发了一种称为的MARMOR模块化膝关