Legal Opinion
Karahodzic v. JBS Carriers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 2018No. 16-3931PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rovner, Circuit Judge.
Hasib Karahodzic, a commercial truck driver for E.J.Á. Trucking, Inc., was killed when his vehicle collided -with a truck driven by Orentio Thompson, an employee of JBS Carriers, Inc.1 A jury trial on the claims brought by Hasib’s estate and by his son Edin, individually, resulted in a judgment in favor'of the plaintiffs. The defendants appeal and we affirm.
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In the early morning hours of March 17, 2012, Thompson was driving his tractor/trailer westbound , on Interstate 70 when he noticed a malfunctioning light blinking on the side of his trailer. Just past the…
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