Marchant v. American Airlines, Inc.

DAY, District Judge.

In this action a jury has returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $24,500 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while a passenger on one of the defendant’s airplanes. - The defendant has moved for judgment notwithstanding the jury’s verdict, or in the alternative, for a new trial.

This motion asserts that it should be granted for thirty-seven alleged reasons or grounds, the last of which is that of newly discovered evidence. Many of the alleged reasons or grounds are substantially the same, although phrased somewhat differently. Summarized, they may…