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SEIDMAN v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 90-3161.

923 F.2d 1134 (1991)

Denise Lawson SEIDMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Daigle, Jr., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Sidney D. Torres, III and Gregory J. Noto, Chalmette, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, KING, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case is an appeal by American Airlines from a damage award entered after the plaintiff, Denise Lawson Seidman ("Seidman"), accepted a remittitur of a jury award in lieu of a new trial. Because we find that the district court did not remit the damage award sufficiently, we AFFIRM in part, REVERSE in part, and REMAND for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND

On September 2, 1987, Seidman was a passenger aboard...

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