Griffin v. Planters Chemical Corporation

ORDER

HEMPHILL, District Judge.

These actions seek recovery (1) for injuries allegedly suffered by the deceased, and kept alive by the survival statute 1 and (2) for the wrongful death of deceased. 2 They were consolidated for trial and tried before the court without a jury. Plaintiff complains of negligence, carelessness and willfulness on the part of defendant as the proximate cause of the (1) pain and suffering to, and (2) death of, plaintiff’s intestate, asks actual and punitive damages. Defendant, in each case pleads a general denial by answer. At the trial defendant moved to interpose the…