STAYNER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Burger King Corp. v. Mason, 710 F.2d 1480 (11th Cir. 1983)
  …, if the jury’s answers are so ambiguous or conflicting that they cannot be reconciled fairly, the trial court may not enter judgment thereon. Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co., 362 F. 2d 691, 694 (5th Cir.1966), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 1004, 87 S.Ct. 708, 17 L.Ed.2d 543 (1967). A special verdict which does not resolve the essential facts, or does so in an inexplicable fashion, will not support a judgment. Prentice v. Zane’s Administrator, 49 U.S. (8 HOW.) 470, 484, 12 L.Ed. 1160, 1166…
• Guidry v. KEM Mfg. Co., 598 F.2d 402 (5th Cir. 1979)
  …, 1106, a new trial must be granted. E. g., Griffin v. Matherne, 5 Cir. 1973, 471 F. 2d 911; Hand v. United States, 5 Cir. 1971, 441 F. 2d 529; Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co., 5 Cir. 1966, 362 F. 2d 691, cert. denied, 1967, 385 U.S. 1004, 87 S.Ct. 708 and 710, 17 L.Ed.2d 543. Decision may not be avoided on the basis that the claim for contribution was waived. Under Louisiana law,3 if the [*407] facts adduced at trial create liability between co-defendants as joint tort feasors, a c…
• Hatfield v. Seaboard AIR Line R.R. Co., 396 F.2d 721 (5th Cir. 1968)
  …v. Crandon, 217 F. 2d 391 (5th Cir. 1954). . See, e. g., Parker v. Wideman, supra; Indamer Corp. v. Crandon, supra. . See Rule 49(b), Fed.R.Civ.P. . Royal Netherlands S. S. Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co., 362 F. 2d 691 (5th Cir. 1966), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 1004, 87 S.Ct. 708, 17 L.Ed.2d 543 (1967) ; Martin v. Gulf States Utilities Co., 344 F. 2d 34 (5th Cir. 1965) ; Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Bridal Veil Lumber Co., 219 F. 2d 825 (9th Cir. 1955), cert. denied, 350 U.S. 981, 76 S.Ct. 466, 100 L.Ed. 849 (1956) ;…