Legal Opinion

Sharon Surles, by Next Friend Jayneice Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 18, 2007No. 05-6713, 05-6743PublishedCited by 327 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CLAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Greyhound Lines, Inc., appeals from the district court’s judgment awarding $8 million in compensatory damages to Plaintiff, Sharon Surles, for injuries sustained while a passenger on one of Defendant’s buses. Plaintiff cross appeals from the district court’s orders limiting discovery and granting in part Defendant’s motion in limine to limit the admissibility of prior incident reports. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the district court in all respects.

BACKGROUND

A. Substantive Facts

On October 8, 2001, Plaintiff was traveling aboard one of…

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