Legal Opinion
Betty Arnold v. National Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2016No. 15-30573Unpublished
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: **
Claude Allen Newsome appeals the district court’s denial of his Rule 60(b) motion, which sought to vacate three district court orders placing settlement proceeds he received in connection with a personal injury lawsuit into a trust. Because New-some has not shown that the requirements for vacating a judgment or order under Rule 60(b) are met here, we affirm.
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Newsome, who is legally blind as a result of macular degeneration, was rendered a quadriplegic as a result of a November 2010 automobile accident in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. After the accident, Newsome executed a general…
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