LAKEMAN v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.

No. 90-7464.

930 F.2d 1547 (1991)

William Paul LAKEMAN, Sr., as Administrator of the Estate of Donald Eugene Lakeman, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, et al., Defendants, PTG Industries, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, George M. Walker, Edward S. Sledge, III, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Joseph M. Brown, Jr., Andrew T. Citrin, Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by the defendant, PPG Industries, Inc. ("PPG"). After a jury finding that PPG had acted with wantonness in connection with the asphyxiation death of Donald Eugene Lakeman ("Donald Lakeman" or "Donald"), the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama entered judgment for the plaintiff-appellee, William Paul Lakeman ("Lakeman"), father of the decedent. PPG moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and a...

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