Legal Opinion
Jesse Anderson and Jestine Turnbough v. Roy Griffin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 2005No. 04-1748, 04-2324PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The jury in this diversity suit for damages arising out of a highway collision returned a verdict for the defendants. The appeal challenges the voir dire, an instruction, the judge’s refusal to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and the computation of court costs. The substantive issues are governed by the common law of Indiana; the others, of course, by federal law.
Roy Griffin was a truck driver employed by Active Transportation Company. One night, as he was driving a semi-tráctor truck, manufactured by International…
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