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· 2/13/1978

Lena v. Morvant, Etc. v. Construction Aggregates Corporation

Citations

  • 570 F.2d 626
  • 2 Fed. R. Serv. 994
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 12651

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “We perceive little, if any, reason 9 for sequestering a witness who is to testify in an expert capacity only and not to the facts of the case.”
  • district court’s decision about whether to sequester witness reviewed for abuse of discretion
  • under the federal Jones Act and general maritime law; “[h]auling out the garbage, mowing the lawn, making repairs, and other household tasks” that “command[] an economic price” may “be included as a part of the pecuniary loss suffered by the decedent’s family”

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Judges: Engel, Phillips, En-Gel, Keith

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