Fifth Circuit· 12/22/2003

Franklin v. Blackmore

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352 F.3d 150

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holding that trial court did not err in admitting testimony of a grief expert who testified about grief generally but not about plaintiffs’ grief
affirming district court’s admission of grief expert’s testimony on general theories of grief despite the expert not personally interviewing or evaluating the plaintiff
award of $200,000 to estate of deceased for pain and suffering and mental anguish prior to death excessive
“It is not relevant for purposes of the jury’s determination of the mere presence of pre-death mental anguish that the awareness lasted, at most, three and a half seconds.”

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Judges: Reavley, Jones, Clement

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