Dallas & Mavis Forwarding Co., Inc. v. Robert E. Stegall and Margaret I. Stegall

ORDER

This diversity case raises two questions of the admissibility of evidence at trial. On the night of October 25,1977, defendant-appellee Margaret Stegall was driving on Interstate 65 in Kentucky, with her husband. Weather conditions were bad, the road was wet, and visibility was poor, so she was driving at a reduced rate of speed. A large truck owned by plaintiff-appellant, traveling at a faster speed, came close behind her car and moved into the left-hand lane to pass. The front right wheel of the truck “bumped” the left rear side panel of the car, and the truck swerved through the left…