SMITH v. JOHN SWAFFORD FURN. CO., INC.

No. 77-1607.

614 F.2d 552 (1980)

Bobbie Jean SMITH and Wife, Jessie Mae Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JOHN SWAFFORD FURNITURE COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn R. Copeland, Weill, Ellis, Weems & Copeland, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

E. Blake Moore, Spears, Moore, Rebman & Williams, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before CELEBREZZE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding damages and from an order of remittitur of damages in a diversity action arising out of a car-truck collision in Tennessee.

Plaintiff-appellant Bobbie Jean Smith brought this negligence action to recover for damages and losses arising from a motor vehicle collision which occurred on July 25, 1974. Plaintiff-appellant Jessie Mae Smith, his wife, sought to recover...

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