Arthur Butler, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Stover Brothers Trucking Company, a Corporation, and William D. Paulson, Defendants-Appellees-Cross

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity case, Arthur Butler (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) brought suit against William D. Paulson and Stover Brothers Trucking Company (hereinafter referred to as defendants) for injuries suffered in a three-way motor vehicle collision. 1 Two questions are raised for our consideration on appeal: 1) whether defendant filed a timely notice of appeal and 2) whether the lower court properly ruled that collateral estoppel barred relitigation of the issue of defendants’ negligence in this case.

For the following reasons we believe that defendants’ notice of…