Legal Opinion
Rosquist v. Soo Line Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 10, 1982No. Nos. 81-2693, 81-2927PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal challenges the District Court’s award of attorneys’ fees in an accident case tried in that court under its diversity jurisdiction. In October 1975 Norie Rosquist and her two children, Nina and Edward, Jr., were in an automobile as it was struck by a Soo Line Railroad train. Norie Rosquist was killed, Nina was very seriously injured, and Edward, Jr. sustained lesser injuries. Edward Rosquist, Sr., the surviving husband and father, initially retained Milton Zacksman and James A. Dooley to represent the interests of himself,’ Norie’s estate, and the…
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