Melanie Snyder v. Whittaker Corporation, Billie Fay Allen v. Whittaker Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• evaluating evidence of causation between a defective design and pain and suffering after a shipwreck
• affirming the district court’s award of prejudgment interest in a DOHSA case in which the jury, rather than the court, had awarded damages
• “[A] statement does not fall under the hearsay rule if it was offered, not to prove the truth of the matter asserted, but to prove that the statement was made.”
• plaintiff must prove conscious mental anguish by preponderance of the evidence
• listing factors to consider for such an award

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).