Ruth E. Bowman, Former-Plaintiff, Peter T. Zackaroff v. Koch Transfer Co., Steve Steidinger, and Moran & Carroll

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff claims that the district court erred in applying Illinois law to the issue of damages in this wrongful death action. Plaintiff also claims that the district court improperly excluded evidence and improperly rejected proposed jury instructions regarding the custody of the minor children of the decedent. For the reasons set forth below, we find that the law of Illinois applies to the issue of damages in this action, that the district court properly exercised its discretion in excluding the proffered evidence, and that the district court’s instruc tion…