HOLMES v. OXFORD CHEMICALS, INC., ETC.

No. 81-7382.

672 F.2d 854 (1982)

Martha HOLMES, Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Wade Holmes, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OXFORD CHEMICALS, INC., A DIVISION OF CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORPORATION; Consolidated Foods Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Murray, Stewart & Yarbrough, P. C., Coleman Yarbrough, for defendants-appellants.

Jere L. Beasley, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, TJOFLAT and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges the correctness of the trial court's denial of a motion for a judgment n. o. v. after the jury returned its verdict for $25,000 damages in favor of appellant's decedent in his action for Consolidated Foods Corporation's alleged "tort of outrage." The only question raised on appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence under the recognized standard of Boeing Co. v. Shipman...

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