Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 13, 2009No. 07-3365, 07-3366PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity case governed by Kansas tort law, SFX Motor Sports, Inc. 1 (“SFX”), appeals the district court’s denial of its post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOL”). SFX argues that a reasonable jury could not have found SFX liable for wanton conduct based on its staging of an August 2003 motorcycle race in which Arthur Wagner, Jr. (“Wagner”), crashed and was seriously injured. Wagner cross-appeals, arguing that the district court erred in reducing his damages award pursuant to Kansas’s statutory cap on non-economic damages in personal injury…
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