Clarence B. Brown v. Charles Everett Poland and Ed. J. Edwards, Charles Everett Poland and Ed. J. Edwards v. Clarence B. Brown

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

We have here an appeal and a cross-appeal from a judgment for the defendants, appellees Poland and Edwards, entered on a jury verdict in an action brought by plaintiff-appellant Brown to recover for property damage, personal injuries, and the death of his wife in a Kansas truck-automobile, rear-end collision. Jurisdiction is based on diversity. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below.

We first consider No. 7292. Plaintiff was a passenger in a ear driven by his wife. He claims that the accident was caused by the defendant truck driver Poland…