Legal Opinion
Beulah Wichmann v. United Disposal, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1977No. 76-1354PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Chief Judge.
In this diversity case, initially filed in state court, plaintiff Beulah Wichmann seeks damages for personal injuries sustained in a collision between her automobile and a truck owned by defendant United Disposal. At trial, the jury found that United Disposal’s employee, who was driving the truck, had negligently caused the accident and awarded Wichmann $25,000. Judgment was entered accordingly by the District Court 1 and United Disposal appeals.
On June 26, 1973, between 10:00 p. m. and 10:30 p. m., Wichmann was driving her automobile in a northward direction on Interstate…
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