Estate of Kuba Ex Rel. Kuba v. Ristow Trucking Co.

DeBRULER, Justice.

This case comes before the court on certification of one principal and one subsidiary question, involving Indiana law, from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. See Ind.R.App.P. 15(0).

A jury awarded $250,000.00 to appellant, Evelyn Kuba, as executrix of the estate of Earnest Kuba, and against appellees, estate of Myron Sheban and vicariously his employer, Ristow Trucking Co., Inc., in a wrongful death action resulting from a collision between Kuba's and Sheban's trucks. Both drivers were killed in the collision. Appellant had also asserted a claim for…