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CALDARERA v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 82-3186.

705 F.2d 778 (1983)

Peter Joseph CALDARERA, Jr., etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., and United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 27, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Francis G. Weller, Marc J. Yellin, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., John R. Halliburton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., H. Richmond Fisher, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., Elizabeth A. O'Conwell, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for U.S.

Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Barsh & Hunter, David R. Frohn, Edward M. Carmouche, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RUBIN, GARZA and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

After a trial in which the sole issue was the amount of damages caused by the death of three persons in a plane crash,1 the jury returned a verdict of $937,500 against Eastern Airlines in favor of Peter Caldarera for the death of his mother, wife, and eight-year-old son and a verdict of the same amount in favor of Christopher Moore Caldarera, who was four years old...

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