United States Fifth Circuit

Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 USC 1346(b), 2671 et seq., the jury awards of unpublished decisions in similar cases may not support a finding that a judgment exceeds the maximum recovery rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/15/2002
• Published 01/15/2002

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges, and BARBOUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Ernest John Archuleta (argued), William O. Whitehurst, Michelle Mei-Hsue Cheng, Whitehurst, Harkness, Ozmun & Archeluta, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Steve I. Frank (argued), Robert S. Greenspan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.