Legal Opinion
Sheryn Kautz Fietzer and Oward Kautz v. Ford Motor Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1980No. 79-1872PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Ford Motor Company (Ford) appeals from a jury verdict finding the defendant eighty-five percent comparatively negligent for the injuries suffered by plaintiff Sheryn Kautz Fietzer when the Ford Mercury Comet which she was driving was struck from behind by an automobile driven by Douglas Hilker. 1 The jury found Hilker was fifteen percent negligent for plaintiff’s injuries. Ford seeks a new trial on the grounds that the trial court improperly restricted the reception of evidence on the issue of the comparative causation between Ford and Hilker and that the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Ca 79-2963 Eloise Beard, as Administratrix of the Estate of Jeff Beard, Deceased v. Roy Martin MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- James Kiernan and Mary Kiernan v. Gerald Van Schaik, T/a Van's Atlantic StationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by25 opinions
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