Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the damages cap does not infringe Mississippi’s “inviolate” jury right
• stating that “we defer to intermediate state appellate courts decisions, unless convinced by other persuasive data that the higher court of the state would decide otherwise”
• noting that federal court sitting in diversity applies substantive law of forum state
• rejecting challenge to Mississippi damage cap predicated on Mississippi Constitution's jury guarantee after the Mississippi Supreme Court declined to resolve the question via certification
• upholding damages caps against challenge based on state constitutional right to jury trial after Mississippi Supreme Court refused to accept certified question on that issue
• upholding dam- ages caps against challenge based on state constitutional right to jury trial after Mississippi Supreme Court refused to accept certified question on that issue

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Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tyler Renwick v. P N K Lake Charles, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-08-27· cited 207×
• Lawless v. Steward Health Care Sys., LLC
  First Circuit· 2018-06-25· cited 109×
• Horton v. Oregon Health & Science University
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-05-05· cited 82×
• Tamarin Lindenberg v. Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 2018-12-21· cited 76×
• Wisznia Company, Incorporated v. General Star Inde
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-07-16· cited 65×
• Johnston & Johnston v. Conseco Life Insurance Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-10-17· cited 24×
• Salopek v. Friedman
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2013-06-04· cited 16×
• Vine Street LLC v. Borg Warner Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 2015-01-14· cited 14×
• Siebert v. Okun
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2021-03-15· cited 8×
• Sugg v. Midwestern University
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-06-20· cited 3×
• Volvo Fin. Servs., of VFS United States, L. L.C. v. Williamson
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-12-05· cited 2×
• N Amer Svngs Bank v. Nelson
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-06-04· cited 2×
• Salopek v. Friedman
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2013-06-04· cited 1×
• Horton v. OHSU
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-05-05
• Battieste v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2026-02-27
• Battieste v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2026-04-22

Cites

65 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• Singleton v. Wulff
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-01· cited 3,831×
• Hanna v. Plumer
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,853×
• Salve Regina College v. Russell
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-20· cited 2,415×
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,834×
• Dimick v. Schiedt
  Supreme Court· 1935-01-07· cited 819×
• Vieth v. Jubelirer
  Supreme Court· 2004-04-28· cited 394×
• Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-31· cited 372×
• Sofie v. Fibreboard Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-09-27· cited 308×
• United States v. Shukri Baker
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-12-07· cited 263×
• James Leroy Jackson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-01-22· cited 228×
• Etheridge v. Medical Center Hospitals
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-01-13· cited 201×
• City of Jackson v. Locklar
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-05-04· cited 160×
• Miller v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-10-05· cited 136×
• Railroad Co. v. Barron
  Supreme Court· 1867-04-22· cited 126×
• Gourley Ex Rel. Gourley v. Nebraska Methodist Health System, Inc.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2003-05-16· cited 126×
• Terrell McGinnis v. Ingram Equipment Company, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-11-27· cited 122×
• Lakin v. Senco Products, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1999-07-15· cited 114×
• Odom v. Roberts
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-31· cited 101×
• Alexander v. State by and Through Allain
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 97×

Other cases named Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-01-19· cited 37×
• Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-01-24
• Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-02-10
• Lisa Learmonth v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-03-22