PRIMM v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 4972.

143 F.Supp. 123 (1956)

J. P. PRIMM v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY and United Van Lines, Inc., Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Intervenor.

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

July 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Godfrey and Godfrey & Edwards, Many, La., for plaintiff.

Breard Snellings and Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

Sam A. Smith and Jackson, Smith, Mayer and Kennedy, Shreveport, La., for intervenor.


BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Jr., Chief Judge.

The action is for damages, growing out of an accident which occurred on September 17, 1954, wherein plaintiff received serious, permanent injuries. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $72,500, after a four-day trial, hotly contested by defendants, both as to liability and quantum.

Defendants now move for a new trial on two grounds: 1) that the jury was guilty of misconduct, and 2) that the award is...

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