Legal Opinion
Patricia Shipley, Wife Of/and Martin R. Swift v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1986No. 85-3595PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
A jury awarded plaintiff Patricia Shipley $400,000 for the pain and suffering her son underwent before his death due to injuries he received from an automobile accident. Defendants State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company now appeal the denial of their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial. We remand for a new trial unless the plaintiff accepts a remittitur of the damages.
Facts
Frederick Swift and David Stoltz left Mandeville, Louisiana enroute to Pensacola, Florida the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- 27 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1293, 27 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,338 Dorothy Allen, Cross-Appellees v. United States Steel Corp., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Shows v. Jamison Bedding, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Dixon v. International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Margaret Hodges, Wife Of/and Wilson P. Abraham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gibraltar Savings, Cross-Appellant v. Ldbrinkman Corp., Cross-Appellee, and Lloyd D. Brinkman, Defendant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Betty I. Hardy Hall, Cross-Appellee v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- J.B.N. Morris, Cross-Appellant v. Homco International, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Eugenio Riquelme Valdes, Inmobiliaria Kan Kun, S.A. v. Leisure Resource Group, Inc., Capitol Savings & Loan Association and United Service CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Pillsbury Co. v. Midland Enterprises, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
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