EVERS v. EQUIFAX, INC.

No. 80-7005.

650 F.2d 793 (1981)

Lynne M. EVERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EQUIFAX, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carr, Abney & Tabb, W. Pitts Carr, Charles B. Zirkle, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, W. Rhett Tanner, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before JONES, TJOFLAT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Lynne M. Evers, appeals the award of a new trial to appellee, Equifax, Inc., claiming that the trial court was laboring under a misapprehension of the law and abused its discretion in granting the new trial. She asks this court to reinstate the jury verdict of the first trial, or alternatively, to order a remittitur on damages. We reject her arguments and affirm.

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