SHEATS v. BOWEN

Civ. A. No. 3675.

318 F.Supp. 640 (1970)

Sharyn M. SHEATS, P. Lloyd Sheats and Catherine T. Sheats, Administratrix of the Estate of John M. Sheats, Plaintiffs, v. Robert Ellis BOWEN and the Bradford National Bank of Bradford, Pennsylvania, Executor of the Estate of Oscar Hannum, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

October 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Vincent Ramunno and Joseph T. Walsh, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

James F. Kipp of Becker, Kipp & Reardon, Wilmington, for defendants.


OPINION

LATCHUM, District Judge.

Defendants have moved for a new trial generally or for orders of remittitur1 on the grounds that the jury verdicts returned on the compensatory claims of two of the plaintiffs were contrary to the evidence and excessive, that the amounts awarded on the punitive damage claims were disproportionate to the awards for compensatory damages, and that the...

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