CLINTON FOODS, INC. v. YOUNGS

No. 15887.

266 F.2d 116 (1959)

CLINTON FOODS, INC., a corporation, Appellant, v. Marvin YOUNGS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Cook and Wayne G. Cook, Davenport, Iowa (Cook, Blair, Balluff, Wedean & Nagle, Davenport, Iowa, on the brief), for appellant.

Carl H. Lambach, Davenport, Iowa (Margaret Stevenson, Davenport, Iowa, Isador Katz, Rock Island, Ill., Lambach, Stevenson & Dircks, Davenport, Iowa, and Reidy, Katz, McAndrews, Durkee & Telleen, Rock Island, Ill., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and SANBORN, WOODROUGH, JOHNSEN, VOGEL, VAN OOSTERHOUT, and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity case, Marvin Youngs, plaintiff below, employee of contractor engaged in work on defendant's premises, obtained a jury verdict and judgment for $80,000, as damages for personal injuries received from electrical shock. Clinton Foods, Inc., defendant below, filed timely motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which were denied, and this appeal followed. We shall refer to the parties as designated...

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