1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 603 S.W.2d
  5. 603 S.W.2d 125 (1980)
 

ELLIS v. WHITE FREIGHTLINER CORP.

603 S.W.2d 125 (1980)

Flossie Mae ELLIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WHITE FREIGHTLINER CORPORATION and White Motor Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith C. Bond, Archie R. Carpenter, Bond, Carpenter & O'Connor, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellant.

George D. Montgomery, Robert S. Talbott, Kennerly, Montgomery, Howard & Finley, Knoxville, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

We granted review in this case to consider the propriety of the Court of Appeals' remittitur of $61,963.92 of a jury verdict approved by the trial judge in the sum of $260,000 for the wrongful death of Charles E. Ellis, and the application of Smith v. Shelton, 569 S.W.2d 421 (Tenn. 1978), to the issue of a remittitur in the appellate courts where...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases