Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 10, 1986No. Civ. A. 82-0219PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HUYETT, District Judge.
On August 22, 1985, a ten-person jury returned a defense verdict in this case involving death resulting from the crash of an airplane manufactured by defendant Cessna Aircraft Company. Plaintiff Ada I. Stevens, the former wife of decedent Leon Stevens, has moved for a new trial. She claims that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and that prejudicial error was committed during the course of and after the trial. As explained below, I find no reason to order a new trial, so I will deny the motion.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Crash
Early in the…
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