Legal Opinion
John Xydakis v. Daniel O'Brien
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 9, 2018No. 17-2802PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Easterbrook, Circuit Judge.
In 2002 a Greyhound bus struck and killed Claudia Zvunca in Colorado. Her daughter, Cristina Zvunca, witnessed the accident. Cristina was seven at the time. Now an adult, she is the administrator of her mother's estate. In 2016 Cristina settled all claims against Greyhound and other potentially responsible persons for approximately $5 million. But Tiberiu Klein, who was Claudia's husband at the time of the accident and is Cristina's stepfather, believes that Cristina allocated too much of the settlement to herself (via damages for emotional distress) and not enough…
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