Legal Opinion
Edith Brooks v. Toyotomi Company, Ltd. And Toyotomi U.S.A., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1996No. 94-6093PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is a product liability case in which judgment was entered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendants. Pursuant to Rule 59(a), Fed.R.Civ.P., the plaintiff filed a timely motion for a new trial. The district court (Echols, J.) denied the motion, whereupon the plaintiff filed a timely notice of appeal.
Although it specified the plaintiff as the party taking the appeal, the notice did not expressly designate the judgment or order appealed from and did not expressly name the court to which the appeal was being taken. .Because Rule 3(e), Fed.R.App.P., says that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Smith v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- J.C. Wyckoff & Associates, Inc. v. Standard Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Clark Jerome McMillan v. Eugene BarksdaleCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Jeffries v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Earl Anthony WebbCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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