STEHN v. BERNARR MacFADDEN FOUNDATIONS, INC.

No. 20201.

434 F.2d 811 (1970)

Lowry M. STEHN, a Minor, Who Sues by His Mother and Next Friend, Mrs. Juanita Ponder, and Mrs. Juanita Ponder, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BERNARR MacFADDEN FOUNDATIONS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Cornelius, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., (James F. Neal, Cornelius, Collins, Neal, Higgins & White, Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellant.

William J. Harbison, Nashville, Tenn. (Thomas H. Peebles, III, Charles C. Trabue, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellees; Trabue, Minick, Sturdivant & Harbison, Nashville, Tenn., of counsel.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PECK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellees, a minor suing by his mother and next friend and the mother suing on her own behalf, brought this action to recover damages on account of injuries suffered by him. These injuries were suffered when as a student in a private school operated by the defendant-appellant he was participating in a wrestling program. Based on a jury verdict, judgment in his favor was entered by the District Court in the sum of $375,000 and in favor...

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