Pasquale Palermo v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc.

Luckenbach moves for leave to file additional briefs, and for oral argument with respect to its appeal from the denial by the trial judge of its motion to set aside the jury verdict because of an alleged excessive award of damages. We found it unnecessary to discuss this issue when the case was originally before us in view of our disposition of the question of liability. See 246 F.2d 557. Now that the U. S. Supreme Court, 78 S.Ct. 1, 355 U.S. 20, 2 L.Ed.2d 3, has held defendant liable, defendant renews its request that we consider the issues it raises with respect to the amount of the award.

We…