Legal Opinion
Lockett v. General Electric Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 29, 1974No. Civ. A. 70-1994PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BRODERICK, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the motions of the defendant, General Electric Company (G.E.), for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial. This was a bifurcated trial. The jury first returned a verdict for the plaintiff, Isiah Lockett, on liability and then awarded damages in the sum of $66,000.00.
On November 10, 1968, the plaintiff, Isiah Lockett (Lockett), a laborer employed by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (Sun Ship), was assigned to clean debris from the engine room of a vessel which was being…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Otto E. Pritchard v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- McCay v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Ebbert v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Marguerite Jamieson v. Woodward & LothropCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Van Buskirk v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Johnson v. American Standard, Inc.California Supreme Court · 2008
- Neal v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Norman I. Suchomajcz, Administrator of the Estate of Norman Suchomajcz, a Minor v. Hummel Chemical Company, Newark, New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Zaza v. Marquess and Nell, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1996
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