CAPELLA v. ZURICH GENERAL ACC. LIABILITY INS. CO.

No. 13539.

194 F.2d 558 (1952)

CAPELLA et al. v. ZURICH GENERAL ACC. LIABILITY INS. CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley McDermott, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Frank S. Normann, Felicien Y. Lozes, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Appellants, two adult and non-dependent children, brought this suit for damages for the death of their father, caused by defendant's negligence, and obtained a jury verdict for $6000.

Appealing from the judgment on the verdict, by and through the counsel who obtained it, they seek its reversal on the ground that the award was grossly inadequate.

Faced with the settled rule that excessiveness...

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