Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Austin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 3, 2008No. 06-4236PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RUFE, District Judge.
Appellant Catherine Thompson (“Thompson”) appeals from a judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellees, Werner Enterprises, Inc. (“Werner”) and Scott Austin (“Austin”), in this negligence-based personal injury action, after a trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Thompson asserts that: 1) the jury was improperly charged with an instruction on negligence rather than negligence per se; 2) the verdict was against the weight of the evidence; 3) certain evidentiary rulings were erroneous; and 4) the District Court’s…
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