Legal Opinion
William Riley v. K Mart Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 12, 1989No. 88-1439PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GERRY, District Judge:
This appeal addresses whether a judgment for a plaintiff may be supported by a set of jury responses directly contradictory to and irreconcilable with a prior set of answers which, if they had been accepted, would have required a verdict for the defendant as a matter of law under the applicable comparative negligence statute. We conclude that it cannot.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 17, 1984, William Riley, plaintiff below and appellee here, visited the store of the K mart Corporation, defendant below and appellant here, located at 4th and Oregon Streets in…
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- United States v. Scott ParryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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