Sampson v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Parentheticals

• assuming without deciding that state law governs appellate review of trial judge's granting of j.n.o.v. on the basis of evidentiary insufficiency

  Hilda Hegger, of the Estate of Fred P. Hegger, Plaintiff-Appellee v. George E. Green, and St. Luke's Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee

• assuming without deciding that state law governs appellate review of trial judge’s granting of j.n.o.v. on the basis of evidentiary insufficiency

  Hilda Hegger, of the Estate of Fred P. Hegger, Plaintiff-Appellee v. George E. Green, and St. Luke's Hospital Center, Defendant-Appellant-Appellee

• inference must be based on evidence sufficient in light of human experience to justify conclusion

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• denial of motion to intervene is appealable as an appeal from a final order regardless of ultimate merits of movant’s claim

  James P. Kartell, M.D., and Grant v. Rodkey, M.D., Intervenor-Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.

• “[w]here official policies and practices are challenged, it seems unlikely that anyone could be better situated to defend them than the governmental department involved and its officers”

  Angco v. Haig

• under both New York and federal negligence law, "(i

  McMillan v. Marine Sulphur Shipping Corp.