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Orsini v. Italian Line

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Mar 17, 1966
358 F.2d 735 (3d Cir. 1966)

Opinion

No. 15499.

Argued February 23, 1966.

Decided March 17, 1966.

Mr. Nunzio Orsini, pro se.

Ira R. Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Reed, Smith, Shaw McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HASTIE and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.


Dissatisfied with a modest verdict of $1,200 in a personal injury case, the plaintiff, acting without counsel as is his right, has taken and argued this appeal. While it is clear that the plaintiff is convinced that the trial was unfairly conducted and that an inadequate verdict resulted, we find no such error as would warrant our interference with the jury's decision as to the extent of the injury caused by the accident in suit, particularly since it is clear that much of plaintiff's admittedly serious disability is the result of natural causes as well as an earlier accident.

The judgment will be affirmed.


Summaries of

Orsini v. Italian Line

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Mar 17, 1966
358 F.2d 735 (3d Cir. 1966)
Case details for

Orsini v. Italian Line

Case Details

Full title:Nunzio ORSINI, Appellant, v. ITALIAN LINE, ITALIA SOCIETA PER AZIONI DI…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Date published: Mar 17, 1966

Citations

358 F.2d 735 (3d Cir. 1966)

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