Opinion ID: 2796443
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Potentially Meritorious Claim

Text: [A]s a precondition to relief under Rule 60(b), [a party] must give the trial court reason to believe that vacating the judgment will not be an empty exercise . . . .'motions for relief under Rule 60(b) are not to be granted unless the movant can demonstrate a meritorious claim or defense.' Superline, 953 F.2d at 20 (quoting Lepkowski v. U.S. Dep't of Treasury, 804 F.2d 1310, 1314 (D.C. Cir. 1986)). Although the jury found neither negligence on the part of the CAM defendants nor a product defect on the part of Robinson, this case had enough merit to get to the jury. If the jury knew of the settlement offer when it rejected appellants' case, we cannot say that a retrial without that proscribed information would be an empty exercise.