Vasco E. Cunningham, Administrator of the Estate of James Dale Cunningham, Deceased v. Patricia Werntz

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

This diversity wrongful death action 1 arose from a collision between defendant’s automobile and a motorcycle driven by plaintiff’s decedent. Verdict was in plaintiff’s favor for $7,500 and defendant has appealed from the judgment on the verdict.

The collision occurred on Lincoln Way West in South Bend, Indiana. Defendant was driving “westward”, stopped in the inner lane, signalled a left turn, started the turn into an alley to the south, heard an “impact” and stopped her car. Decedent’s body was found about thirty feet east of the alley near the south curb and his…