Bobbie Jean Smith and Wife, Jessie Mae Smith v. John Swafford Furniture Company, Inc.

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding damages and from an order of remittitur of damages in a diversity action arising out of a car-truck collision in Tennessee.

Plaintiff-appellant Bobbie Jean Smith brought this negligence action to recover for damages and losses arising from a motor vehicle collision which occurred on July 25, 1974. Plaintiff-appellant Jessie Mae Smith, his wife, sought to recover for loss of her husband’s services and consortium. Defendant-appellee Swafford Furniture Company admitted liability for the accident and…