Legal Opinion
Ernest Gene Mooney v. Henderson Portion Pack Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1964No. 15639PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an action for personal injuries, in which jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellant in the amount of $50,000, consisting of $35,000 in compensatory damages and $15,000 in punitive damages. The District Court granted a remittitur of $10,-000 in the award of punitive damages, which was accepted by plaintiff-appellant under protest. We quote the following language from the order of the District Court:
“Plaintiff thereupon announced in open Court that he was accepting the remittitur of $10,000 under protest, and would…
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