Sampson v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

How later courts describe this case

• 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
• inference must be based on evidence sufficient in light of human experience to justify conclusion
• denial of motion to intervene is appealable as an appeal from a final order regardless of ultimate merits of movant’s claim
• “[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”
• under both New York and federal negligence law, "(i