Legal Opinion

Daniels v. USS Agri-Chemicals

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 5, 1992No. 90-3533PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Pamela Daniels is a resident of Indiana. So was her late husband, who died in 1986 as a result of injuries he sustained in an accident that occurred in Indiana. In spite of these Indiana connections, Daniels filed suit seeking compensation for the wrongful death of her husband in Illinois state court, stating her theory of the case as one based on Illinois law. The defendants removed *379the case to federal court based on diversity of citizenship. During the course of discovery, the parties concluded that the applicable law was not that of Illinois, but of Indiana. By the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Walker v. Armco Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Emil J. Bartholet v. Reishauer A.G. (Zurich) and Reishauer Corporation (Elgin)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  5. Lohorn v. MichalCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Patricia E. Homeyer v. Stanley Tulchin Associates, Inc. And Alan FoxCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  2. Krocka v. RieglerDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1997
  3. Bertram A. Graves v. Richard Kovacs, M.D., Edward Ross, M.D., and Indiana University Health f/k/a Clarian Health Partners, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2013
  4. Hays v. General Electric Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
  5. Pamela M. Daniels v. Uss Agri-ChemicalsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992

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