Dennis Barnes v. William Black

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 08-1703 D ENNIS E ARL B ARNES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W ILLIAM J. B LACK and M ETROPOLITAN P ROPERTY AND C ASUALTY INSURANCE C OMPANY, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 04-cv-1317—Joe Billy McDade, Judge. S UBMITTED A UGUST 21, 2008—D ECIDED S EPTEMBER 12, 2008 Before P OSNER, R OVNER, and W OOD , Circuit Judges. P OSNER, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff, injured in an auto- mobile accident, filed a diversity suit in a federal district court in Illinois…