Legal Opinion
Tommy Duane Thomas, Jr. And Marilyn Kay Terrell, His Parent and Guardian, and United States of America v. Gerald Shelton and Barbara Shelton
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 1984No. 83-1666, 83-1951PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*481POSNER, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals present issues of federal removal jurisdiction and Indiana tort law. The Sheltons own a farm. They leased it, and their lessee in turn sublet a house on the farm to the stepfather of Tommy Thomas, age 11. Tommy was seriously injured when he became entangled in a large silage auger on the farm. Joined by his mother, he brought a tort suit in an Indiana state court against the Sheltons. Because Tommy’s natural father is a member of the armed forces, the United States paid Tommy’s medical expenses and then sued the Sheltons in a federal district…
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