Legal Opinion
Kristin Beul v. Asse International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 2000No. 99-3978PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity suit for negligence, governed (so far as the substantive issues are concerned) by Wisconsin law, the jury returned a verdict finding that plaintiff Kristin Beul’s damages were $1,100,000 and, that she was 41 percent responsible for them; in accordance with the verdict, judgment was entered against defendant ASSE International for $649,000 (59 percent of $1.1 million). The other parties can be ignored. The appeal raises issues of both tort law and civil procedure.
The defendant is a nonprofit corporation that operates international student exchange…
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