Legal Opinion
Sheats v. Bowen
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided October 22, 1970No. Civ. A. 3675PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LATCHUM, District Judge.
Defendants have moved for a new trial generally or for orders of remittitur 1 on the grounds that the jury verdicts returned on the compensatory claims of two of the plaintiffs were contrary to the evidence and excessive, that the amounts awarded on the punitive damage claims were disproportionate to the awards for compensatory damages, and that the Court erred in refusing to strike the husband’s claim for punitive damages for his loss of consortium.
This diversity action 2 for personal injuries, loss of consortium and wrongful death arose out of an automobile…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. DuncanSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Dan Lind v. Schenley Industries IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Bell v. Preferred Life Assurance SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Kennon v. GilmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Lynd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Wangen v. Ford Motor Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Munoz v. OrrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Lawson v. G. D. Searle & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Hale v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
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