Legal Opinion
Wratchford v. S. J. Groves & Sons Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1969No. 12140PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
The principal question presented is whether, in the diversity jurisdiction, federal or state standards are to be applied by the Court in determining the sufficiency of the evidence to go to the jury. We hold that the federal standard applies, and that there was sufficient evidence on the question of proximate causation to go to the jury.
Preliminarily, we are met with the objection that the point is not properly before us, because at the time of the trial everyone assumed that the Maryland standard applied. This was understood by the District Court to require that when…
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