Legal Opinion
Nowell v. Universal Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1986No. 85-4128PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:
Defendant, Universal, appeals from a judgment for plaintiff-appellee entered after a jury returned a general verdict in her favor following an extended trial. Although we have concluded that Universal was not entitled to have the case taken from the jury, we conclude that the trial court’s conflicting jury instructions constitute grounds for a new trial. We therefore Reverse and Remand.
BACKGROUND
This diversity suit, controlled by Mississippi substantive law, concerns a suit in which Donald Joe Nowell, the plaintiff’s decedent, was seriously injured and…
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