Legal Opinion
Jones v. Illinois Central Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2010No. 09-5504, 09-5528PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns a negligence action arising out of a collision between Teresa Jones’s husband’s vehicle and a train owned by Illinois Central Railroad Company (“Illinois Central”). After a jury returned a verdict of equal fault between Mr. Jones and the railroad, Mrs. Jones filed post-trial motions to vacate the judgment, for a new trial, for post-trial discovery or an evidentiary hearing, and for sanctions. In support of those motions, she alleged that defense counsel had unreasonably resisted discovery requests and misled the court as to the…
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