Legal Opinion
Donald Laubach v. Otis Elevator Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1994No. 93-4074PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a personal injury case governed by the substantive law of Missouri. Federal subject-matter jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. Donald Laubach, the home-state plaintiff, appeals an order of the District Court 1 denying his motion for a new trial after a jury returned a verdict in favor of Otis Elevator Company, the out-of-state defendant. Laubach claimed to have sustained spinal injuries when, on two separate occasions, an elevator in which he was riding fell several floors and stopped abruptly. The elevator, which was located at One Bell Center in…
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