Legal Opinion
Jackie Davis, by Next Friend, Edward Davis v. Jellico Community Hospital Inc. William Stafford, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1990No. 89-5718PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The defendants, Jellico Community Hospital and Dr. William Stafford, appeal a jury verdict of $2,500,000 for the plaintiff, Jackie Davis, in this Tennessee diversity action for medical malpractice. Specifically, the defendants contend that the district court incorrectly applied Rules 59 and 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by upholding the jury verdict in light of Davis’s death thirty-three days after the verdict was rendered and after judgment was entered. We affirm.
Jackie Davis, a 24-year-old Kentucky resident, received a head injury in a…
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