Legal Opinion
Wiggins v. LANE & COMPANY
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 13, 1969No. Civ. A. 67-629PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR DIRECTED VERDICT AND/OR JUDGMENT NOTWITHSTANDING THE VERDICT
RUBIN, District Judge:
In this death action under the Jones Act, 1 after the jury returned a verdict for the decedent’s suffering prior to his death, the defendant moved “for a directed verdict” or a “judgment notwithstanding the vedict” on the ground that there was no evidence that the decedent suffered pain, or, if he did, that his pain was of such brief duration as not to permit recovery. The jury found that the decedent experienced “conscious pain from the time of [his] initial injury to the time…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CraftSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- The CorsairSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Mrs. Julian Lamar Davis, Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Edward Davis, Deceased v. Parkhill-Goodloe Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Hall v. State, Department of HighwaysLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Wakefield v. Government Employees Insurance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Ill. Etc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1980
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