WINGERTER v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 19731.

313 F.2d 754 (1963)

Mrs. Betty G. WINGERTER, Appellant, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellees. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellees, v. Mrs. Betty G. WINGERTER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 30, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Fonseca, Ronald A. Fonseca, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

St. Clair Adams, Jr., Adams & Reese, Richard C. Baldwin, New Orleans, La., for Aetna Cas. & Surety Co.

Francis G. Weller, New Orleans, La., for Maryland Cas. Co., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, R. Emmett Kerrigan, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before RIVES and CAMERON, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The chief question presented by this appeal is whether the court below was in error in accepting a jury verdict "in favor of the Plaintiff and against both Defendants * * *" assessing "the amount of damages in the following amount: None," and not awarding a new trial. The court entered judgment in favor of plaintiff Wingerter and against both defendant insurance companies "in the sum of `0' Dollars, together with all costs." In addition, plaintiff...

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