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· 3/25/1976

Ronald Porterfield v. Burlington Northern Inc., a Delaware Corporation

Citations

  • 534 F.2d 142
  • 41 Cal. Comp. Cases 947
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 12208

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “[w]e cannot, by way of speculation, pierce the general verdict to draw 7 the conclusions contended for by [the appellant].”
  • allegedly inadequate damage award not to be overturned where it results from credibility judgments by trier of fact
  • allegedly inadequate damage award should not be overturned where it results from credibility judgments by the trier of fact
  • same standard applied where the verdict was claimed to be inadequate rather than excessive
  • same standard applied where the verdict was claimed to be inadequate rather than excessive

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Judges: Koelsch, Wallace, Taylor

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