Legal Opinion
Atkinson v. Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 7, 1944No. 10662PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
This is the second appeal of this case. The evidence on the first trial and as found in this record is substantially the same. A full summation of the evidence can be found in Atkinson v. Dixie Greyhound Lines et al., 5 Cir., 125 F.2d 237. No good purpose can be served by setting out the facts at length.
Upon remand the case was tried to a jury and recovery limited to compensatory or actual damages. The court declined to submit to the jury the question of punitive damages, and the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for actual damages in the sum of $500. The plaintiff…
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