PRATHER v. PREFERRED ACC. INS. CO. OF NEW YORK

Civ. A. No. 2733.

88 F.Supp. 873 (1950)

PRATHER et ux. v. PREFERRED ACC. INS. CO. OF NEW YORK et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Monroe Division.

February 14, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Barnett & Jones, Jackson, Miss., Carl A. Chadwick, Natchez, Miss., James H. Trousdale, Jr., Monroe, La., for plaintiff.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, La., for defendants.


DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

The issue as to whether the accident in this case was due, proximately, to the negligence of the plaintiff or the defendant insured was one for the jury, since I believe that there was substantial evidence to support either conclusion. Therefore, the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict will be denied.

However, as stated at the oral argument of these motions, I am of the view that the amount of the verdict, in the light of...

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