Legal Opinion
Merchants National Bank v. Waters
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1971No. Nos. 20727, 20728PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Merchants National Bank, the administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth W. Smith, deceased, and of the Estate of Mignon Pease, deceased, recovered verdicts of $125,000 and $65,000, respectively, from The Boeing Company, by reason of the negligence of its employee, Delmar Messer, now deceased.1 Reversal of the judgment is sought on two basic grounds: (1) there was insufficient evidence to sustain plaintiff’s claim that Delmar Messer was acting within the scope of his employment with Boeing at the time of the accident in question and (2) that the verdicts were excessive.2 We…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids, Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth W. Smith, Deceased v. Larry Waters, Administrator of the Estate of Delmar Messer, Deceased, and the Boeing Company, Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids, Administrator of the Estate of Mignon Pease, Deceased v. Larry Waters, Administrator of the Estate of Delmar Messer, Deceased, and the Boeing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971