SMITH v. FERREL

No. 87-2136.

852 F.2d 1074 (1988)

Marcellin L. SMITH, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of Eric Smith, a minor, Appellant, v. Floyd Jay FERREL and Shirley M. Ferrel, d/b/a Lakeside Manor Park a/k/a Harrah's Lake, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Brooks, Moline, Ill., for appellant.

Mark A. Woolums, Davenport, Iowa, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and BENSON, Senior District Judge.


BENSON, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered on a jury verdict and from post trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial in a 28 U.S.C. § 1332 diversity action. Marcellin L. Smith, a citizen of the state of Illinois, individually and as father and next friend of Eric Smith, a minor, brought suit against Floyd Jay Ferrel and Shirley M. Ferrel, citizens of the state of Iowa, doing business...

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