Legal Opinion
Spruill v. Boyle-Midway, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1962No. 8589PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendants, Boyle-Midway, Incorporated, and American Home Products Corporation, from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered upon a jury verdict for the plaintiffs in a wrongful death action. The defendants having preserved their rights by proper motions throughout the trial now ask us to set aside the judgment and rule that the case ought properly not to have gone to the jury; or that if it was properly submitted to the jury that the evidence in the case does not support the verdict.
The defendants…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Lake v. Atlantic WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Williams v. GrierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Maize v. Atlantic Refining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Puffer v. Hub Cigar Store, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by90 opinions
- Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Otis Elevator Company v. WoodTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Thibault v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1978
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