(Download) "Higginbotham v. Ford Motor Co." by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Higginbotham v. Ford Motor Co.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 14, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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In this Georgia diversity case, confined as we are to the narrow tracks of Erie, we must decide how the Georgia courts would treat a potpourri of issues arising out of a collision between two automobiles. Plaintiff Grady Michael Higginbotham sued Ford Motor Company and the Lees (Veronica P. and her father, John Henry) for the wrongful death of his wife of six months, Diann Bradshaw Higginbotham, and for his own personal injuries. At the trial, the jurys answers to special interrogatories called for awards of $40,000 against Ford for the wrongful death and $10,170 against the Lees for the personal injuries. Ford moved unsuccessfully for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. It now appeals to this Court from the denial of that motion; Higginbotham cross-appeals, alleging that the lower court erred in permitting the jury to apportion damages between the two co-defendants and in refusing to grant a new trial limited to the issue of damages on his personal injury claims.