BAROCO v. ARASERV, INC.

No. 77-2131.

621 F.2d 189 (1980)

Ann Elizabeth BAROCO, As Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Anthony Baroco, Sr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARASERV, INC., a Division of ARA Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and ARA Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton R. Brown, Don O. White, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

A. Danner Frazer, Jr., Mobile, Ala., A. G. Condon, Jr., Pensacola, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge.

In this wrongful death action the jury returned a verdict for the appellee in the amount of $500,000. Appellants claim errors below including instructions to the jury, denial of a motion for directed verdict and failure to reverse as excessive the jury's award. We find these claims to be without merit; therefore, we affirm.

On April 10, 1973 the appellant Araserv and its subsidiary entered into a contract with the state of Alabama...

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