Legal Opinion
Daniels v. Twin Oaks Nursing Home
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 6, 1982No. 81-7652PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
Plaintiff brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and asserted a pendent state law negligence claim as administrator of the estate of his father, Isaac Daniels, for Daniels’ wrongful death. Daniels disappeared while under the care of the defendant nursing home and has not been seen since. In a trial conducted before a magistrate with the consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) the jury returned a verdict of $1 million, but the magistrate entered a judgment n.o.v. and granted a new trial in the alternative that the judgment is reversed. We affirm the judgment…
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