Legal Opinion

Lowe v. General Motors Corp.

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided May 8, 1981No. Civ. 74-M-260, 74-M-261PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

McFADDEN, Chief Judge.

The Fifth Circuit has remanded these cases with directions to enter judgments in accordance with the first verdicts herein with whatever remittitur, if any, deemed appropriate under Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., 429 F.2d 1033 (5th Cir. 1970), modified 456 F.2d 180 (1972), cert. denied 407 U.S. 921, 92 S.Ct. 2463, 32 L.Ed.2d 807. Lowe v. General Motors Corp., 624 F.2d 1373 (5th Cir. 1980). Gorsalitz adopted the rationale of Judge Rubin in Glazer v. Glazer, 278 F.Supp. 476 (E.D.La. 1968). Judge Rubin in Glazer endorses the maximum recovery…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Briggs v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. Kenneth Lehrman v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. Lowe v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Maxey v. Freightliner Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  2. Life Ins. Co. of Georgia v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  3. Estate of Jackson v. Phillips Petroleum Co.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1987
  4. United States ex rel. Billows Electric Supply Co. v. E.J.T. Construction Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Westec Construction Management Co. v. Postle Enterprises I, Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2002

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