Legal Opinion
Soo Line Railroad Company, a Minnesota Corporation, Third-Party v. David Bruce Overton, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 3, 1993No. 91-2722PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. BURNS, Senior District Judge.
Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo Line) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to David Bruce Overton on the grounds that the district court erred in its choice of law and the district court’s application of Indiana law to Soo Line’s third-party contribution claim was fundamentally unfair after the state court applied Minnesota law to the underlying tort action.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988).
BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In May 1986, Brian Overton was driving his father’s car; Julie and Christina Moore (the Moores) were…
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