CLARKSON v. TOWNSEND

No. 85-2437.

790 F.2d 676 (1986)

Corbin C. CLARKSON and Lillian Clarkson, Appellants, v. Michael James TOWNSEND, Stone Container Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Johnson, Rogers, Ark., for appellants.

Michele L. Wilson, Springfield, Mo., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Corbin and Lillian Clarkson appeal from a judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Western District of Missouri upon a jury verdict in favor of appellee Stone Container Corporation. For reversal appellants argue that the district court erred in giving a jury instruction on comparative negligence and in admitting certain evidence. In addition, appellants contend that the jury verdict was against the weight of the evidence...

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