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SHOWS v. JAMISON BEDDING, INC.

No. 80-3517.

671 F.2d 927 (1982)

Colon SHOWS, (Margaret P. Shows, Administratrix of the estate of appellee Colon Shows, for substitution in the place and stead of appellee Colon Shows, deceased), Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMISON BEDDING, INC. and Mallon Dobbins, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aultman & Aultman, Lawrence C. Gunn, Jr., Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Pickering & McKenzie, Charles W. Pickering, R. Kelton Pickering, Franklin C. McKenzie, Jr., Laurel, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, SAM D. JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This negligence case arises from a traffic accident in Mississippi. The case was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for the defendants. On motion of the plaintiff, the district court granted a new trial. At the second trial, the jury returned a verdict of $600,000 for the plaintiff. The defendants now appeal from the judgment on the second verdict, requesting reinstatement of the first jury verdict...

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