Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. v. Beelman River Terminals, Inc.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

In this breach of a bailment contract action brought by Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (a manufacturer of steel coils and sheet steel) (Wheeling) against Beelman River Terminals, Inc., (a warehouseman) (Beelman) for damages to approximately 3,000 tons of Wheeling’s steel held in Beelman’s warehouse during the Mississippi River flood of 1993, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Beelman. Wheeling argues on appeal that the district court submitted erroneous instructions to the jury, erred in several of its evidentiary rulings, and erred in excluding evidence of…