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UTESCH v. ATLAS MOTOR INNS, INC.

Nos. 81-2408, 82-3077.

687 F.2d 20 (1982)

Richard UTESCH, Appellee, v. ATLAS MOTOR INNS, INC., Flamboyant Investment Company, Ltd., Holiday Inns, Inc. and William W. Bond, Atlas Motor Inns, Inc., Flamboyant Investment Company, Ltd. and Holiday Inns, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick G. Watts (argued), Loud, Watts & Murnan, Charlotte Amalie, V. I., S. D. Roberts Moore (argued), Gentry, Licke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Va., for appellants.

Marjan R. Kmiec (argued), Richard A. Sachs, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., Peter A. Martin (argued), Peter A. Martin, P. A., Charlotte Amalie, V. I., for appellee.

Before GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 21, 1982.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge.

Defendants in this personal injury action have appealed from a jury verdict awarding plaintiff, Richard Utesch, $6.8 million dollars.1 Because of a number of prejudicial errors in the trial judge's instructions to the jury, we will reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the case to the district...

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