· 9/30/1996
Guillory v. Domtar Industries Inc.
Citations
- 95 F.3d 1320
- 1996 WL 518022
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- holding that no genuine issue of fact was raised as to employer’s knowledge that employee’s injury was substantially certain to follow from employer’s actions
- finding that even where some employees and supervisors were aware that several forks had detached from forklifts and some employees knew that subject forklift had fallen off, the evidence established only, at best, negligence
- finding that even where some employees and supervisors were aware that several forks had detached from forklifts and some employees knew that subject forklift had fallen off, the evidence established only, at best, negligence
- finding that even where some employees and supervisors were aware that several forks had detached from forklifts and some employees knew that subject forklift had fallen off, the evidence established only, at best, negligence
- noting that a sanctioned party could have avoided sanctions by informing the court of its position – its belief that a settlement conference would be a useless endeavor – any time before the settlement conference
- declining to “disturb the jury’s credibility determinations” because such decisions “are completely within the province of the jury”
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Judges: Higginbotham, Stewart
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