Legal Opinion
Weil v. Seltzer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 28, 1989No. 88-7070PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a final judgment entered on a jury’s verdict in a survival and wrongful death action. This case is now before us after two successive trials. The first trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant/appellant; however, the district court set aside the verdict and ordered a new trial after concluding that a contributory negligence instruction was erroneously submitted to the jury. Ón retrial before a different judge, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff/appellee. The jury awarded $1,080,000 under the wrongful death…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Charles Carter v. District of Columbia, Maurice Turner, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department Charles Carter v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Outley v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Alonzo Wayne Taylor v. The Washington Terminal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- George Washington University v. WaasDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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