Akiko Buxhoeveden, Administratrix of the Estate of Theodore v. Buxhoeveden, Deceased v. B & P Motor Express, Inc. And Chester T. Belback

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

This diversity action is for the wrongful deaths of plaintiffs’ decedents. At the close of plaintiffs’ case, the district court directed a verdict for defendants on the ground that plaintiffs had not submitted sufficient evidence to justify a jury inference that the deaths were caused by defendants’ tractor and semitrailer. We hold that the jury could reasonably have inferred that plaintiffs’ decedents died as a result of injuries sustained when their overturned vehicle was struck by defendants’ vehicle.

At 3:00 a. m. on December 22, 1965, Theodore Buxhoeveden started…