Legal Opinion
Jerry K. Wolkenhauer and Sharon K. Wolkenhauer v. Richard M. Smith and Robert L. Bertch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 24, 1987No. 86-2859PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action, appellants, Jerry Wolkenhauer and his wife, Sharon Wolkenhauer, sought damages for injuries Mr. Wolkenhauer sustained in a collision between the semi-tractor trailer that he was driving and a utility trailer pulled by a pick-up truck. After the evidence was presented in a bench trial, the district court awarded appellants $213,015.71 in damages, but reduced the award to $42,603.14 because it found Mr. Wolkenhauer’s degree of fault to be 80%. The appellants contend that the district court’s findings regarding damages lack specificity and that the…
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