HARPER v. ILLINOIS CENT. GULF R.R.

No. 86-3057.

808 F.2d 1139 (1987)

Frank N. HARPER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Heck, Lewis O. Unglesby, Unglesby & Brown, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

David S. Kelly, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, John C. Reynolds, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WISDOM, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents questions concerning the propriety of trial rulings that prohibited the plaintiffs from presenting evidence offered to prove mental anguish. We hold that the district court's rulings were proper because the plaintiffs failed to establish any basis for recovery for their alleged mental anguish. The plaintiffs' evidence of mental anguish was therefore irrelevant and was properly excluded.

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