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LAIRD v. HUDSON ENGINEERING CORPORATION

No. 30676.

449 F.2d 216 (1971)

Shirley Roberts LAIRD, Individually and for and on behalf of the minors Michael Gray Laird and Johnny Mark Laird, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUDSON ENGINEERING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee, and United States Steel Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Sarpy, Paul A. Nalty and James R. Nieset, New Orleans, La., for U.S. Steel Corp.; Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Joseph L. Waitz, Waitz & St. Martin, Michael St. Martin, Houma, La., for Laird.

Philip J. McMahon, Houma, La., James H. Drury, New Orleans, La., Edmund McCollam, Borowski, Lofaso, McMahon & McCollam, Houma, La., for Hudson Eng. Corp.; Drury, Lozes, Young & Curry, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before O'SULLIVAN, THORNBERRY and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this appeal from a jury verdict below finding the appellant U. S. Steel liable for the wrongful death of plaintiff Laird's husband, U. S. Steel raises some fourteen points of error. The first five points of error attack in one form or another the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict.

After a review of the Record, we conclude that the evidence was sufficient to support the jury verdict, and satisfies the "sufficiency" standard...

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