TILGHMAN v. ACACIA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 15956.

288 F.2d 155 (1961)

Roger TILGHMAN et al., Appellants, v. ACACIA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Guy M. Bayes, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Francis L. Casey, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellees, Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company and Turner Construction Company.

Mr. J. Harry Welch, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. H. Mason Welch, J. Joseph Barse, Arthur V. Butler, Walter J. Murphy, Jr., and James A. Welch, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee, John H. Hampshire, Inc.

Before PHILLIPS, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and FAHY and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appeal is from a judgment based on a verdict directed by the court in favor of defendants at the conclusion of plaintiff's evidence on liability. The actions were for personal injuries to plaintiff, a sheet-metal mechanic, consequent upon a fall on a construction job, and also a claimed loss of consortium. The fall was attributed to his stepping on a pipe coupling in an allegedly poorly lighted area of the...

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