103 USAPPDC 11 - Madison v. Phillips

PER CURIAM.

¶1Defendants in the District Court (appellants here) appeal from a judgment for plaintiff (appellee) entered in a suit for personal injuries.

¶2Most of the issues presented on this appeal are raised for the first time in this court. Appellant’s attorney1 vigorously urges that this court is vested with the power, under both Rule 17(i) 2 and decisions of this court, to consider such issues. However, under the circumstances of this case, we see no reason to exercise this discretion. See also Rules 46 and 51 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A.

¶3So far as the other issues presented are concerned, we find no error affecting substantial rights.

¶4Affirmed.

¶5. Appellants’ counsel in this court was not counsel in the trial in the District Court.

¶6. Rule 17(i), General Rules, 28 U.S.C.A.: “Points not presented according to the rules of the court, will be disregarded, though the court, at its option, may notice and pass upon a plain error not pointed out or relied upon.”