SIMON v. SHEARSON LEHMAN BROS., INC.

No. 87-8718.

895 F.2d 1304 (1990)

Alexander A. SIMON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. SHEARSON LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC., Michael W. Swofford, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Campbell, Peter J. Quist, Robert Tayloe Ross, Hicks, Maloof & Campbell, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Peter J. Anderson, Louise Bailey Matte, Sara Anne Ford, Peterson, Young, Self & Asselin, Atlanta, Ga., Scott Eugene Daniel, Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper & Pruniski, Ltd., North Little Rock, Ark., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before HATCHETT and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and FITZPATRICK, District Judge.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the district court's grant of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial, following a three and a half week jury trial involving claims of negligence, fraud and defamation. 665 F.Supp. 1555 (N.D.Ga.1987).

The complaint, filed by Alexander A. Simon Jr., (Simon), originally named as defendants Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., (Shearson),...

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