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LAW v. VIRGINIA STAGE LINES, INC.

No. 22017.

444 F.2d 990 (1971)

Reginald LAW, Appellant, v. VIRGINIA STAGE LINES, INC., A Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Jasen, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Robert Cadeaux, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mrs. Betty Southard Murphy, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Richard R. Paradise and Frederick R. Tansill, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and McGOWAN, Circuit Judge.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a jury award of $6,000 in a negligence case challenges the District Court's grant of a motion for judgment non obstante veredicto and, alternatively, for a new trial because of the insufficiency of the evidence to support the jury finding of liability. The record suggests that the trial court was disposed to grant appellee's request for a directed verdict at the close of the evidence but deferred to repeated admonitions...

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